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THE MIRROR OF LIFE 

SUNSHINE AND DARKNESS 



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William M. Goff 



Words of Wisdom from 
the World of Spirits 



MODERN-SCIENTIFIC SPIRITUALISM 



THE MIRROR OF LIFE 

SUNSHINE AND DARKNESS 



«* A Book for the People Who Think •* 



PUBLISHED BY 

William M. Goff 



Words of Wisdom from 
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CONTENTS 

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Eminent x\uthorities 

Introduction 

Some Startling Facts i 

Declaration of Principles ii 

Definitions . . . iv 

Remarks by the Writer v 

Material Melancholia viii 

Harvest of Spiritual Truths x 

Chapter I — Sins and Wickedness of the People 1 

Chapter II — The Church 9 

Chapter III — Skepticism . % 13 

Chapter IV — Philosophy and Science of Spirit- 
ualism , ' . . 17 

Chapter V — Selfishness 21 

Chapter VI — Material and Spiritual Laws . . 25 

Chapter VII — The Family Circle 31 

Chapter VIII — Prayers 35 

Chapter IX — The Heal Devil ....... 43 

Chapter X — The Real Hell on Earth .... 55 

Chapter XI — Guilty Conscience 65 

Chapter XII — The Marriage Vow 73 

Chapter XIII — The Result of Wickedness . . 77 

Chapter XIV — Gossip and Slander 93 

Chapter XV — Enmity, Hatred, Malace, Re- 
venge 95 

Chapter XVI-^Profane Language 97 

Chapter XVII — Children Born Out of Wed- 
lock 99 

Chapter XVIII — How to Progress Spiritually 101 

Chapter XIX — Invisible World 105 



KMINKNT AUTHORITIES 



In Science, Art and Literature, Whose Names Are of 
Record as Spiritualists 



Sir Oliver Lodge, F. R. S. 
I )i . Kane, Arctic explore) . 
W. M. Thackerav, author. 
S. C. Hall, English writer. 
Prefessor William C. Gregory. 
Hiram Powers, famous sculptor. 
F.milio Castelar, Spanish patriot. 
Sir A. Conan Doyle, Famous Author 
Ex-Senator Howard, of Michigan. 
Senator Simmons, of Rhode Island. 
Epes Sargent, author and scientist. 
Bayard Tavlor, author and travleer. 
Dr. Rohert Hare, scientist, chemist. 
Prof. Joseph Rodes, Buchanan M.D. 
H. S. H. the Prince George of Solms. 
Professor Butlerof, Chemist, Russia. 
Capt. R. F. Burton, African traveler. 
Joseph Jefferson, the celebrated actor. 
William Howitt, noted English writer. 
H. I. H Nicholas. Duke of Leuchtenberg. 
M. Leon Favre, Consul General of France. 
Professor Marghieri, University of Naples. 
N. P. Talmadge, ex-Governor of Wisconsin. 
M. Thiers, ex-President of French Republic 
Professor Ocharowicz, University of Warsaw. 
Prof. M. T. Falconer, Alessandria, in Piedmont. 
Ex-United States Senator Miller, of Alabama. 
Hon. J. L. Sullivan, ex-Minister to Portugal. 
Dr. B. O. Flower, essayist and moral scientist. 
Ex-United States Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island. 
Professor Wagner, Geologist, University of Russia. 
M. Thiers, ex-President of the French Republic. 
William Lloyd Garrison, author and speaker. 
Hon. George Thompson, bosom friend of Garrison. 
James G. Clark, writer, poet and music composer. 
W. Emmette Coleman, writer, author and Orientalist. 
Hon. Luther Marsh, jurist, law compiler and author. 
William T. Stead, editor English "Review of Reviews " 
Professor Challis, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge. 
Abraham Lincoln, martyred President of the United States- 
Alfred R. Wallace, F. G. S., author, scientist, naturalist. 
Judge J. W. Edmonds, formerly of the New York Bench. 
Oliver Johnson, a former editor of the "Christian Union." 
Prof. Alexander Wilder, M. D., writer, author, metaphysician. 
Prof. Cesar Lombroso, Professor Psychiatry, University of Turin. 
Gastav T. Fochner, Professor of Physics, University of Leipsic. 
Prof. Henry Kiddle, formerly Superintendent New York City Schools. 
Robert Bell, distinguished dramatist and novelist, of England. 
W. E. Webber, Professor of Physics, University of Gottenburg. 
Professor F. Zoellner, author "Transcendental Physics," Leipsic. 
C. F. Varley, Chief Engineer Electric & International Telegraph Co. 
Professor Scheibner, Teacher of Mathamatics, University of Leipsic. 
W. F. Barrett, Professor of Physics, Royal College of Science, Dublin. 
Dr. Lockhart Robertson, former editor "Journal Mental Science." 
Herr Max Seiling, Professor of Polytechnics, University of Helsingfers. 
Dr. Franz Hoffman. Professor of Philosphy, Wertzburg University. 
Prof. William Crookes, F. R. S., editor London "Journal of Science." 
Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S., Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge. 
Professor De Morgan, at one time London's greatest mathematician. 
Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, ex-United States Senator, ex-President of Senate. 
Dr. Miguel Sans Benito, 'Professor, of Metaphysics, University of Barcelona. 
Hon. John P. Brown, former attache of the Turkish Legation, Constantinople. 

NOTE. — The information contained in this page is copied from the works of 
J. M. Peebles, A.M., M.D., Ph.D., "Spiritualist Manual." 



INTRODUCTION 



This book has been written for the Spiritual welfare 
of the human race; "to be used as a guide to lift, humanity 
out of the rut of Ignorance, and to impart to the world 
the great Truths of life as given through messages re- 
ceived from High Intelligences living in the World of 
Spirits. 

"The Spirit World has no intention of criticizing the 
Bible, Creeds, Dogmas, or Isms," it is to give the True 
Version of how to live through this life in order to be 
spared suffering and woe in the next world. 

The contents of this book will show discrepancies in 
the present day beliefs, and the inconsistency in many 
of the chapters of the Bible which are contrary to the 
laws which exist in the next world. 

"There are no better teachers than those who have 
had experience;" — So we all must consider seriously what 
we are told from the world beyond. 

"Wickedness is the power that is ruining humanity, 
and the power that must be battled from all quarters of 
the land," for that reason, in order to do our share of the 
good work, "Spirit Intelligences has dictated this book, 
trying to show the actual results of sin, and to specify the 
many serious little wicked acts which is committed 
through ignorance of Divine Laws. 

The object is "to encourage mankind to THINK, — 
and REASON, — To follow the dictates of conscience in 
Spiritual affairs; To Investigate, — Analyze and classify 
facts; — To study the Law of Nature both on the seen and 
unseen side of life. — 

Thinking is living, and the person who does not think 
for themselves is but little above the dumb animal. — 



SOME STARTLING FACTS 
YOU SHOULD CONSIDER 



Doctor J. Don Ball, of Oakland, California, who is conducting a Crim- 
ology Course at the University of California, says: there are twenty- 
seven distinct types of Insanity. He lists them as follows. Queer 
guys, eccentrics, disturbers, querrulous, unreliable, and unstable, misfits, 
irritables, sullen, socially, skepticle, unsociable, negative, conscientious, 
litigious, bear-a-grudge, peculiar, glad hand, gossipy, roving, restless, 
malicious, lying, stealing, sex pervert, false accusers, morbid impulse, 
adnormal, suggestible, and mental twist. 

The number of illiterate in the U.S. is estimated at EIGHT MIL- 
LION, — A number equal to the combined population of Nevada, 
Wyoming, Delaware, Arizona, Idaho, Mississippi, Vermout, Rhode 
Island, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Maine, Florida, Con- 
necticut and Washington. 

In men drafted for war, hundreds of thousands could not read or 
write. 

Over seventeen per cent, of the persons in the East South, Central 
vStates have never been to school. 

Every year, more than 100,000 Men and women are released from 
the Penitentiaries and Jails of the United States. 



DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES 

ADOPTED BY 

THE NATIONAL SPIRITUALISTS' 

ASSOCIATION 

U. S. A. 



1. We believe in Infinite Intelligence. 

2. We believe that the phenomena of nature, both 
physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intel- 
ligence. 

3. We affirm that a correct understanding of such 
expression and living in accordance therewith, constitute 
"true religion." 

4. We affirm that the existence and personal identity 
of the individual continue after the change called death. 

5. We affirm that communication with the so-called 
dead is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of 
Spiritualism. 

6. W T e believe that the highest morality is contained 
in the Golden Rule. "Whatsoever ye would that others 
should do unto you, do ye also unto them." 

7. We affirm the moral responsibility of the individ- 
ual, and that he makes his own happiness or unhappiness 
as he obeys or disobeys Nature's psychic laws. 

8. We affirm that the doorway to reformation is 

against any human soul here or hereafter. 



DEFINITIONS 

ADOPTED BY 

THE NATIONAL SPIRITUALISTS' 
ASSOCIATION 



1. A Spiritualist is one who believes, as a part of his 
or her religion, in the communication between this and 
the spirit world by means of mediumship, and who en- 
deavors to mould his or her character and conduct in 
accordance with the highest teachings derived from such 
communion. 

2. A medium is one whose organism is sensitive to 
vibrations from the spirit world, and through whose in- 
strumentality intelligences in that world are able to con- 
vey messages and produce the phenomena of Spiritualism. 

Spiritualism is the Science, Philosophy, and Religion 
of continuous Life, bused upon Demonstration. 



IV 



REMARKS BY THE WRITER 



You can learn more TRUTH and KNOWLEDGE in 
five minutes conversing with Intelligent Spirits, than a 
life-time of sermons. That is the reason the Religion of 
Spiritualism has rendered unique service to the cause of 
religion by adding to faith, knowledge. 

The Christianity of Christ, consists entirely in per- 
fecting the individual character. HIS salvation is nothing 
more or less than self development. HE taught that man 
was to be saved by love, and Love, alone. 

If you will look into the Spiritualist's Religion you 
will find that its teachings harmonizes with HIS plan of 
salvation which is profoundly philosophical. 

There is nothing in the broad truths Spiritualism 
teaches that is incompatible with what the church re- 
quires people to believe. 

There is nothing that conflicts with the simple teach 
ings of the Christ. Spiritualism .has no contradiction to 
any creed, Dogma, or isms, that teaches the true Christ 
principles. 

The Church should thankfully acknowledge the 
truths of Spiritualism, because its teachings acts as a 
weapon against all the anti-Christianism of the age. 

Clergymen are so terribly afraid of saying a word about 
the intermediate state in the spirit realm of existence, — 
that they draw a hard, and fast line between the seen and 
unseen world. 

The creeds express the belief in the communication 
of Saints, yet — deny our fathers and mothers the same 
privilege. 



It is no more wonderful that we should live again, 
than that we have begun to live. 

Life in the physical body is supposed to be an un- 
material force, organism supplying the existing force out- 
side of it; — which justify us in identifying this force with 
the soul. This force existed before the growth of the 
physical body, and must exist outside of it after death 
of the body. There must be a life after death if there is 
a purpose to live before death! 

There must be an immortal soul if there is an immortal 
GOD; and as the seed is planted here, there must be a 
ripening process to finish the work for some higher sphere 
of perfection for which the soul yearned while in the 
mortal frame. 

There must be a life after death of the body where 
justice will be meted out to those who suffer injustice, 
and where those who were cruelly separated shall be 
united in yet deeper and richer love, — and by no law are 
we prevented from communicating with them, and them 
communicating with us. 

The spirit world is so close to us that it's inhabitants 
walk the earth both when we wake and when we sleep. 

This great truth should be the center of all true 
religion;— which is only reviving the forgotten truth which 
the prophets and Christ himself have taught us. 

People cannot comprehend such well attested facts, 
and consider the many apparitions that is reported from 
time to time as mere whims and fables. 

They claim to believe the Bible, but do not accept its 
teachings by denying that good and pure spirits com- 
municate with mortals. 

If the intercourse is admitted, then the whole castle 
in the air falls to the ground. 



Spiritualism will eer long be shown to be the true 
religion, — and the fact of a conscious intercommunion 
between the two worlds. 

Realizing that this book will be criticized by narrow 
and bigoted minds, — I will, state emphatically that in no 
wise will I enter in, or take part in any debate, argument, 
disagreement, dispute or controversy. 

Those who would cast the first stone, let them first 
investigate self— -and find out just how much good has 
been accomplished in following the teachings of their own 
belief! If the soul is found to be perfect, any change would 
be very unwise; if not perfect, — something is wrong, and 
it will be well to seek for a new field of thought — and 
knowledge for self -protect ion. 

This is a free country, and every indivudual has re- 
ligious rights to believe and practice any form of religion 
that appeals to the best interests of those concerned, and 
no one has a right to dispute that privilege. 

The religion of Spiritualism to me is the true gospel 
of Jesus Christ, and is proclaimed by spirits from the 
higher realms to be the true version of life. I believe, 
and know it is the truth, and consider it my mission to 
acquaint the world with the knowledge this book contains. 

The only proof that the world of religion can produce 
to verify the various creeds, dogmas, etc.,— has been 
given to the world from the brains of man; — the evidence 
I possess has been through personal communication with 
souls living in the otherworld where they can obtain the 
truth. 

In conculsion, if the reader fails to comprehend the 
spiritual side that is contained in this book, and refuses 
to think and reason, there is one remedy left that we all 
<ian use! Think as our conscience directs us. 

William M. Goff. 



MATERIAL MELANCHOLIA 



The real secret of happiness, consists in learning how 
to read your own character. If you are bankrupt spiritu- 
ally, and look for nothing but material things, you will 
never find the secret of happiness for it is not contained 
in earth's vulgar side of life. 

When a person lives entirely surrounded by the hard 
luck that materiality always brings to the door, and never 
sweeps the musty cobwebs that are woven through the 
habit of Panhandling friends for sympathy with tears of 
sorrow, they will never find comfort and happiness in this 
system of earth's one sided existence. 

Too much lamenting because other people seem to 
have more of earthly pleasures than we do! soon forces 
the victim to join the Melancholy Club, which brings real 
fate to the person. 

When a person contracts that terrible disease, jeal- 
ousy, — and envies every person what little success in life 
they may obtain; it is the worst burden a person can load 
on their shoulders, because it rapidly grows in weight, 
and what little money has been saved is soon peddled out 
for the services of Doctors. 

The way humanity interprets human life is surprising. 
People will live entirely on the material, or musty and 
unhappy side, and whine because they are not rich, and 
expect a prize for every little thing they happen to do 
for others; — which always benefits themselves? 

Cultivating good common sense is the greatest asset 
in human life. 



Money; — that other people begrudge is many times 
gall for the person who is begrudged. What appears to be 
success and happiness is nothing but sham, and many 
times that person who is considered on the sunny side of 
life, is a most miserable person. 

Money, — and spirituality will never mix together, — 
Billions have tried this remedy ever since the first dollar 
was coined, but to this day! — not one penny has ever pur- 
chased a seat in the hall of spiritual happiness. Some 
people become so obsessed with Melancholia, that they 
think they should be the darling of the Gods, and have 
all the good things of life handed to them in a bunch. 

They pity themselves because they may be forced to 
earn their own living, and treat everybody with contempt 
who has nothing to think of but just the dreary pastime 
of killing time. 

People will drag through life cold, harsh, cruel and 
vindicative, then expect Heaven for their home, but it 
requires a smile, a word of cheer, and a life of goodness 
to claim entrance to eternal joy. 



HARVEST OF SPIRITUAL TRUTHS 



People who borrow trouble are never happy. "Put 
out of your mind dreary imaginings, shut out the dismal 
forebodings from your soul," come up into the light of 
sunshine of Hope, and escape half the sorrows of life. 

It is not God who does cruel things! It is the people 
themselves. 

When the Death Angel knocks at your door, can you 
say, I AM READY? 

Deeds counts more than words, Words are cheap. 
Those who cry out about Hypocracy is no proof they 
are not Hypocrites. 

There are always two forces at work, one trying to 
build up, another trying to tear down. 

Only the ignorant refuse to investigate the problem 
of life after Death! Don't be one sided, change your 
opinion and listen to reason. 

Greed, Hate, Ambition and the like, must be over- 
come by Love, Brotherhood and human Kindness. 

Some people consider themselves religious because they 
carry a prayer book. 

If people realized there are no pockets in shrouds, they 
would soon begin hunting for Honest Dollars. 



One of the many blessings that Spiritualism brings to 
humanity is the understanding of the Bible, and its 
application to everyday affairs. 

We receive just what we give, and no more! Would 
you be ashamed to publically confess all your little secrets 
before the world? 



Foolish people run after bad women, and bad women 
run after foolish people. 

Spiritualism is the only religion on earth that has a 
Science and Philosophy. 

The love of a good woman is the most powerful lever 
to raise man to greatness. 

How is thy Command, of Love one another obeyed? 

If you are not contented, blame your own thinking. 

Life has three tragedies, birth, death, and old age. 
Old age is a haunting spCctre, it terrorizes more people 
than fear of death. 

The most dangerous weapon of ignorance is ridicule. 
A great many narrow minded people were born sneering. 

THE FIGHT IS ON,— Spirit return is a Scientifically 
demonstrated FACT. 



SINS AND WICKEDNESS OF THE PEOPLE 



CHAPTER ONE 

In life's mad rush for gain and social position, millions 
of men and women are burning the candle at both ends 
of life. They are gradually using up surplus vitality and 
strength until the brain becomes both mentally and phy- 
sically weakened, and under those conditions humanity 
does not make progress because they are living under the 
handicap of false conceptions of the law of life. 

The world is not progressing as GOD intended the 
human race should progress. Humanity remains at the 
bottom of the ladder while they struggle for earthly honor 
instead of spiritual. 

When a person forgets the spiritual side of life and 
looks only to material pleasures and vulgar gain, the 
brain is not supplied with proper spiritual nourishment 
to achieve success in life GOD intended. 

Without spirituality the brain becomes dormant 
thereby lowering the mental vitality until gradually the 
brain refuses to think and reason. 

The mentally strong are the people who seek for 
knowledge ,and the person who knows best is the person 
who thinks. 

A free thinker is one who breaks away from the chains of 
skepticism, and listens to reason. Mental growth depends 
on many factors. One of the most essential is contact 

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with other progressive minds, — you who wish to develop 
brain power must mingle often and freely with people who 
think and then think and reason for yourself. 

It all depends on you; nobody can do it for you. 
Success in life does not come through hopeing and waiting 
but by effort. 

The great question for each one of us to answer is? 
What can we do to improve, develop, stimulate and 
make more progressive our thinking machine. 

There is nothing real about a human being except 
what goes on in the brain, you are what you THINK, 
what your thoughts create, and nothing more. 

From the brain of mortals has come everything that 
we have on this earth, except the earth itself, — strange 
beliefs, superstitions, myths, hatreds, crudities, and all 
the wickedness of the people. 

Most of the world's trouble is due to spiritual ignor- 
ance which has been caused by centuries of wrong teach- 
ings, wrong thinking, and action — the result, CHAOS. 

The deplorable state of the world today is through 
false teachings of men who wrote history back in the 
dark ages, and who wrote myths that are absolutely re- 
verse to the LAW of GOD, and NATURE. 

Let us use good common sense, cast out all skepticism 
and analyze and dissect for example — the first book of 
Genesis, — Chapter first. 

In the beginning GOD created the heaven and the 
earth, and the earth was without form, and void, and 
darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the spirit 
of GOD moved upon the face of the waters, and GOD 
said, let there be light, and there was light, etc. 

Suppose we compare the words of Moses, with our 
present day wisdom. 



Men of science know that this earth has existed for 
more than one hundred million years, and that human 
beings have lived here for at least one half million years, 
— probably much longer. They also know what the 
different suns, and neighboring planets weigh, and tell us 
they are made up of elements, iron, copper, gold, etc., 
that make up this earth. 

Astronomy teaches that our earth is the third planet 
out from the sun, and our average distance from the sun 
is 93,000,000 of miles. Beyond us come Mars, Jupiter, 
Saturn, TJranus, and Neptune. This earth is approxi- 
mately 8,000 miles in diameter, while Neptune from one 
side to the other is between five and six billions of miles. 
Astronomy is called the king of sciences, and conclusively 
proves the ignorance of man's religion ,as nothing but 
fables as written by Moses. The spirit of GOD must have 
departed from some planet, or world, billions of miles out 
in space to find the location for this earth, and in six days 
created heaven and earth, and all therein contained. LET 
US REASON. 

Science can prove that every star or planet revolving 
in space requires thousands of years, to develop by the 
law of nature, which is God's law. We know that this 
planet was created by nature, and that it required many 
thousands of years to become cold enough for human 
life to exist. 

Is it reasonable to believe God would break one of 
his own laws just to create this small planet? — when the 
same law has been in existence for time inknown without 
one iota of change in it's great solar system. 

Why should this planet be an exception to the great 
natural law? Can anything be more unreasonable, and 
improbable? Note the following: 



NEW WORLDS IN THE UNIVERSE 

By Chas. Nordman 
Noted French Astronomer. 

PARIS, Oct. 5. 

"The visible universe is a thousand fold greater 
than has been generally believed. Recent discoveries 
have demonstrated the existence of worlds so far 
distant from our earth that light , which travels at the 
rate of 189,000 miles a second, would take seventy 
million years to reach us from these astral bodies lost 
in the depths of space. 

"We owe this discovery to the work of American 
observers. During the last Rve years w T e in Europe 
w T ere unable to devote much attention to the heavens, 
but our American colleagues employed their time 
occupying new territories in the firmament in spite 
of the policy of non-annexation proclaimed by 
President Wilson. 

"It has been believed that all the stars observed 
through the telescope formed part of that archipelago 
of the infinite known as the Milky Way, the central 
sun of which is merely one of the mediocre islands of 
space which shed their brilliant radiance around us. 
New mesthods have demonstrated that this is not so. 
Contrary to astronomical belief, there is an enormous 
class of stars which do not belong to the Milky Way. 
They are known as the spiral nebulae. These bodies 
are in appearance little vapory spots formed of two 
spirals and which are seen through the telescope like 
hundreds of silver snails in the garden of stars. 

"Not only do these nebulae not belong to the con- 
stellation known as the Milky Way, but each of them 
is in itself precisely a Milky Way, an isolated universe 

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with millions of suns and — much lower in the atasral 
hierarchy — billions of planets, and, doubtless, here 
and there, its high cost of living problem. 

"Taking into consideration the fact that our 
Milky Way comprises about fifteen hundred million 
stars — that is to say, suns — we may be able to get 
an idea of the prodigious amount of light, energy and 
matter comprised in these new systems which, how- 
ever, appear through the most powerful telescopes 
as scarcely more than the faint light of a glow worm." 
Note the following copied from writing by Dr. Richard 
Swann Lull, Professor of Vertibrate Preteonitology at 
Yale University, — and here is a very curious little lesson 
on what happens when things do not develop brains and 
use what they have. The running monster is known as 
Ignanodon. It lived in the Crettaceous Age, — millions of 
years ago, in Belgium, and on the Isle of Wight, — it 
developed, as the fossils show, arms and hands almost 
exactly similar to the human arm and hand of today, but 
it never developed a brain big enough to know how to 
use them, — all it did with them was tear and cut and slay. 
The consequences was that after a few thousand years 
Ignanodon died out. If there had been a brain which 
would have enabled it to use its hands for making fires, 
etc.* as our primitive ancestors did, the story of the dom- 
inant race on earth might have been very different, — for 
this dorsorant lived a million years before the first ape 
like creature which was to turn into a man began to appear 
on the facie of the earth. 



ANCIENT CAMEL ABOUT SIZE OF 
JACK RABBIT 

"THE DALLES- Ore., Oct. 18.— That an an- 
cient camel, the size of a jack rabbit, roamed this 
section 2,000,000 years ago is a fact recently dis- 
covered by a group of University of Chicago geolog- 
ists. Bones of the prehistoric camel and those of a 
horse of the three-toed variety were found in caves 
near The Dalles during a tour to inspect the form- 
ation of the Cascade mountain range. 

"The old-time ship of the desert according to the 
bones found, had no hump. Its feet bones are like 
those of the present-day camel. " 

I will leave this decision to your good common sense. 
Which is the most reasonable. The story written by 
Moses, or proof offered by science? It does not seem 
reasonable to believe that a man who lived in ancient 
times had any more sense than our learned scientists of 
the present age. Are we to believe the story of creation 
which is reverse to the law of God? If we are to credit 
such imaginable myths as a truth, we also admit that 
the wisdom of our scientists are mere idiots in comparison 
to the great wisdom Moses must have been endowed with. 
Any human being that can delve into the past and tell 
us how this earth was created — must have been a man 
of marvelous conception. 

Common sense teaches that it is nothing but a myth, 
and humbug, originated in the brain of a man who was 
a false prophet, a man like some of our present day re- 
ligious writers who try to make us believe imaginable 
fables. 

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The world is full of hob-nob myths ,and false beliefs 
that the human race swallow without thought, reason, 
or common sense, — and some are the most unreasonable^ 
and impossible teachings that forces it's victims in the 
deep rut of ignorance. 

Must we, — as a civilized nation believe foolish trash 
conceived by man — simply because it is ancient history? 
Must we as a people with brains believe history that was 
written by priests in ancient times who originated the 
myths for selfish purposes, and material power? Most 
of the writers was no more more fit to write history about 
creation and other myths, than man of today. Where 
would you find a man today that would dare attempt 
such an impossible impossibility! No man ever lived 
who can fathom the great mystery of creation. 

Are we also to believe that God created evil? — (Genesis 

1—27-28) 

So God created man in his own image, in the image 
of God created he him, male and female created he them, 
and God blessed them, and God said unto them, be 
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, etc. — 

According to the words of Moses, In seven days the 
first man and woman was on earth, created for good, — 
then we read, (Chapter %. 9 ) — and out of the ground 
made the Lord God to grow every thing that is pleasant 
to the sight, and good for food, — the tree of life also in the 
midst of the garden of Eden, — and the tree of knowledge 
of good and evil, etc. 

NOW LET US REASON, 

God, created man and women for good which is proof 
they were innocent, — then, God immediately created a 
tree to grow that was both good and evil, commanding 
the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest 

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freely eat, but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, 
thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest 
thereof thou shalt surely die. 

How can we as civilized people, believe such a story? 
— That our loving Merciful God would grow a tree that 
would produce poison fruit, (or evil) — and warn them 
not to eat or they would be murdered. 

Are we to believe such impracticable myths? Con- 
tinuing, we find that for fear that Adam and Eve would 
not eat of the fruit, God created a human serpent with a 
human voice to tempt them to commit evil, — because 
we find in chapter 3-4-5, — and the serpent said unto 
the woman, ye shalt not surely die; for your eyes shall 
be opened, etc. 

In all history, ancient, and modern, there has never 
been known any specie of serpent that had a human 
voice, except, in the book of Genesis. Under those con- 
ditions this particular specie of serpent must have been 
the only one ever in existence, created especially for this 
one particular fable story: 

After Adam and Eve had eaten of the forbidden fruit, 
instead of dieing as God had commanded, he curses them 
because he became very angry, (angry, mind you) — A 
great merciful God, turning into a material, earth bound 
spirit, etc. 

The day of such nonsense has passed, So let us open 
our eyes to the LIGHT of TRUTH, and see our God as 
He is; — A great Merciful Heavenly Father who is all 
LOVE and Devotion, and not a God of anger and re- 
venge. 



. THE CHURCH 



CHAPTER TWO. 

The church has been preaching and advocating a 
personal devil for centuries without one iota of evidence 
that such a thing ever existed. Ministers have been 
content to preach such misty, intangible things until it 
is no longer believed by the educated masses. 

The day of formalism is past, Clover footed Satan 
and his ever ready pitch fork is another myth and humbug. 

Why? would God permit such a sin making monster 
with dark and sinister form and features to roam the 
world free to smear us ,all over with sins, and then send 
us to a bottomless pit to be damned for all eternity? 

But to the orthodox theory such a plan was devised 
by God, He prefers to permit the ruin and destruction of 
mankind. 

Does that show the goodness and wisdom of God? — 
NO, — it shows the foolishness of poor deluded men and 
women who can be duped by false teachers in believing 
so ridiculous a story. 

There is not one scrap of authentic evidence that such 
a thing ever existed, it is all the result of false education. 

High intelligences from the other world tell us that it 
is a myth, and that the most perfect devil they ever saw 
lived on this earth in the form of a man. 

According to the Christian world, Hell, is a place of 
torment for the damned, in literal fire and brimstone for 
ever, and forever, where the fire is never quenched, and 
the dead must live until judgment day, when Gabriel 
will blow his trumpet then all will ascend into Heaven, etc. 

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It is but a figment of imagination, a misconception of 
ancient leaders in religious matters who did not know 
anything about it. 

If the ancient writers had been in communication with 
good and Holy spirits from the spirit world, the truth 
would have been given to the world instead of fables and 
myths. The church has been preaching these same 
stories since the dawn of civilization, and continues to 
this day to preach such tangible things and remain, What 
they are, — mere blind leaders of the blind. 

With the amazing amount of wickedness in the world, 
without the church we must admit the inhabitance of this 
world would soon degenerate to the level of animal life. 

It has been the church that has held in check, to a 
certain degree, the large majority of the human race 
from becoming a race of mad hypocrites. 

Many can testify that they Have been made better 
through its influence, and any person unless bigoted will 
admit the church has done an inestimable amount of 
good. 

Any belief, — that can lead men and women to lead 
better and decent lives is a blessing to humanity. Any 
system, by what name you may call it, that is beneficial 
in making men and women better, — better husbands, 
better mothers and wives should be helped and respected 
by all. 

Anything that helps men and women to live a God 
life helps to elevate humanity into the straight and narrow 
path. 

I draw no religious lines, I esteem them all, 'FMalice 
toward none and Charity for all." 

If the church teaches men and women to be moral, 
honest, truthful, upright and loving, to quit their mean- 
ness, Why? no one has a right to criticize the church for 

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the good they are doing. The church is not perfect, that 
is sure, for the reason that it is made up of imperfect men 
and women. 

Envy, strife, and division of the church have caused 
confusion, and distrust in the minds of the people, until 
it is simply a case of men and women thinking for them- 
selves. 

God, is not the author of confusion, but of peace, 
therefore taking into consideration the good the church 
has accomplished, they must be recognized as being a 
benefit to mankind. 

If the leaders of religion would broaden out and break 
away from all the old time myths, and have immortality, 
and spirit communication preached from the pulpits, the 
greater truth would be given and the power of the churches 
would soon rule the world, but as long as ministers con- 
tinue preaching prejudice, and narrowmindedness in the 
minds of the people, just so long will thinking people 
continue leaving the churches, and just so long will the 
churches remain in the non-progressive rut, only ac- 
complishing a small amount of good, when they should 
be elevating the people to a higher and nobler condition. 

The preachers of the land would be horrified, (perhaps) 
— if they knew how far their preaching failed to convince 
the thinking people. 

The thinking world is beginning to see how little they 
really know. Real thinking has but just begun, for the 
brightest minds in the world are everywhere in action. 

The opinions of men and women are changing from 
silly bigoted beliefs to the living truth, which is being- 
revealed from the spirit world in all parts of the universe, 
Eventually, the church must turn to the source of TRUTH, 
and preach it to the world, or slowly sink into oblivion. 

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SCEPTICISM 



CHAPTER THREE 

Millions of people pass through life without having 
a single moment of deep or earnest thought . . . The 
goal of their ambition is pleasure, How many ever 
analyze a thought, a principle, or originate an idea of 
their own? Each individual has some pet idea, whim or 
conceit that they desire to promulgate ,but there is no 
intellectual growth, or spiritual development, their minds 
being like water that stands still, they waste time on 
trifles seeking pleasure instead of information. 

If each was at liberty to express their own honest 
convictions instead of somebody elses, with no devil, or 
literal hell to make them afraid, or priest, or preacher who 
do not understand their own conscience, we would all get 
some good common sense. 

Many lies have been made to pass as truth, until 
people have become so obsessed by its false authority 
that if you would tell that class of people they must either 
change their belief or go to the orthodox hell, every last 
one of them would take chances on hell before they would 
change their belief, That is what causes Skepticism. 

Skepticism is the weed of contention that brings repute 
to the man or woman who centers thoughts on anyone 
particular subject, and then refuses to listen to the pro- 
gressive minds used throughout our land by men of 
Science to advance civilization to a higher pinacle of 
wisdom. 

In this world we have a mixed creation of human 
beings that ascends from the smallest atom of intelligence 
to the highest point of widsom, — men of Science, all 
placed on this earth for some purpose^ either to pass 

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through as the smallest atom of nothing, or to produce 
results that will bring development and brain power to 
humanity. 

The man or woman who listens to the teachings of 
others without a thought for themselves to advance their 
own knowledge is but little above the lowest form of 
human intelligence because the brain remains inactive 
and lack of mental action is what holds civilization in 
the fearful rut of ignorance. 

It is not book education that always builds up wonder- 
ful productive brains, for many a person who has only 
sufficient book learning to converse in an intelligent 
manner can discount the most learned Professor in Scien- 
tific theories that is even beyond the realm of educated 
minds, proving conclusively that the power of thought 
and science has been given to most of us to develop for 
progressive methods. 

Every child should be compelled to educate the mind 
to a point of high perfection, both mentally and Spiritu- 
ally, then, men and women would be more free to reason, 
grow further intelligent through life's experiences which 
God intended for our object lessons to produce good 
results for the great new birth into the higher planes of 
intelligence in the world to come. 

The man or woman who laughs to scorn anything new 
that appears, Invention, Mechanical, Scientific or religious 
do so at their own peril, because the time wasted brings 
them so much nearer to death's door, and they are but 
the acme of pity in the minds of people who grasp the 
truth. Everything on earth contains truth, nothing was 
ever created that has no TRUTH. 

A certain class of people would rather believe old 
handed down beliefs written by Kings and Priests whose 
objects was to use religion to keep the people down to 
mental slavery, that they might live high and easy lives, 

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in extravagance, in pomp and splendor ,and amass great 
fortunes, the same as is ever prevalent in all parts of the 
world today. 

The greatest obstacle to progress and enlightenment is 
the attitude and prejudice of people from other denom- 
inations against any other belief than their own. Many 
become obstinate in their narrow confines. They do not 
read; they do not discuss; they do not inform them- 
selves on any subject reverse to their own religious views, 
but go on day after day with minds filled with one narrow 
belief, and pronounce all other religions humbugs, and 
fakes without investigation. 

It is this class of bigoted people who pronounce the 
great philosophy and science of spiritualism the works 
of the devil. They are simply materialists who know no 
more about the religion of spiritualism than a new born 
babe would know about the alphabet. They are simply a 
religious fanatic who will not look for good common sense 
for fear it will interfere with some wicked secret they are 
afraid will be exposed. This does not apply in all in- 
stances, because ignorance is the usual cause. 

The mind of the mass of the people cannot realize 
such an astounding fact as communication with spirits 
of the so called dead. Under no circumstances will 
they conceve that it may be possible for loved ones to 
return to earth, their creed being, death ends all, or that 
the dead are either asleep in the grave, or that they are 
far away and cannot return to earth. Is it not terrible 
to see such individuals condemn themselves? 

The spirit world tell us that it is a pitiful sight to see 
a new spirit born in the spirit world who has wasted time 
and energy on foolish, unreasonable beliefs that has 
clouded the soul to a disastrous condition through false 
teachings of the true version of death, and the laws that 
governs the spirit world. 

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No excuse can alter the condition for the mistakes 
contracted through this life. If your teachers are not 
prepared to teach the truth, they are at fault far more 
than those who follow, and will receive just punishment 
for the wrong they commit. The law of God demands 
the truth for it is in the world today and free for every- 
body, so it remains for every one to grasp every oppor 
tunity offered for future good results. 

The blind cannot lead the blind and win spiritual 
gifts, it must be procured by seeking and knowing. 

This advise is given to humanity from the world of 
spirits. Idle watching, using what others produce with- 
out any effort to advance, produces little. Knowledge 
is power. 



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THE PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE OF 
SPIRITUALISM 



CHAPTER FOUR 

The birth of spiritualism is the most portentious event 
of the world. Nothing in interest or importance equal 
to it ever occurred in the history of man. 

The world's greatest question — If a man die, shall he 
live again? Has been answered. 

After centuries of weary waiting, modern scientific 
spiritualism gave that question a clean, positive scientific 
answer— THERE ARE NO DEAD. 

For many centuries humanity has been striving to 
reach the land of departed spirits, the long desired 
connection has been opened up, communication be- 
tween this side of the grave and life on the other 
side of the grave is positively established. Husband 
and wife, brother and sister, parents and children sep- 
arated by death can meet and greet each other. 

Our scientists who formerly ignored it, and the news- 
papers that once held it up to ridicule are publishing great 
full page articles and teaching spirit return as a demon- 
strated reality. The literature of the day is publishing 
large articles day after day, until the great truth is grow- 
ing with a mighty power all over the universe, and will 
continue to grow until it becomes a universal reglion. 

A few years ago the religion of Spiritualism was quite 
unknown, except as contained in a handful of advanced 
mortals who constituted the vanguard of what is today 
becoming a multitudinous army. 

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It has aroused widespread interest because of two 
things. It's radical departure from the old lines — and 
the success of its teachings in raising humanity out of 
the depths of ignorance, and superstition. 

The great Scientific Religion is transforming the 
hitherto prevailing conception of death, and the nature 
of the life we all must live in the world to come. 

Spiritualism embraces science, philosophy and phen- 
omena, together producing a religion founded on facts 
and actual knowledge rather than faith and belief. It 
is surprising that the churches do not eagerly investigate 
the claims of Spiritualism, the truth established in the 
churches would fill the buildings to overflowing with 
eager investigators. If they do not accept now, the day 
is soon coming when they will be forced to accept, — 
regardless of all creed bound skepticism. 

Spiritualism teaches the truth of eternal existence; 
it shows human beings the way to live in honor to them- 
selves, and justice, to mankind. It teaches the true 
ethics of spirituality, and harmonizes the living existence 
to a pure and perfect state. 

It teaches that we are the architects of our own future 
destiny, that we inflict our own punishment and select 
our own rewards. 

If thoughts of love, of kindness, of sympathy, of purity 
eminates from our being, when we die our spiritual body 
will be bright and radiant in proportion to our goodness — 
we enter the next world with power of perception, in- 
telligence and soul progression. 

If our thoughts have been of cruelty, hatred, and 
revenge, we enter the next world the same in mind, and 
spirit, our spiritual body being clothed with mist like 
vapors, causing misery, despair and darkness. 

Death is only a transition to another plane of existance, 
it neither deprives us of the virtues, nor relieves us of 

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the vices, both go with us — a fool does not become a man 
of science, or a sinner a saint. 

Nature's psychic laws plays a wonderful game with 
the human race. As you sow so shall you reap., it re- 
mains with each individual how well the lesson has been 
learned. The lesson that has been taught with the sow- 
ing of good seeds of love, mercy, gratitude and righteous- 
ness, are like flowers in the garden, they grow beautiful 
with care and cultivation, but with the opposite of hate, 
deceit, greed, jealously, and dishonor, they are filthy 
weeds that flourish, they take away the life of the flowers. 
and they wither and die. 

Eight living, right thinking, right doing, and obeying 
the Divine laws of God and nature thus make a Heaven 
within. 

In thousands of homes throughout the land wonderful 
demonstrations are being given every hour of the day 
such as has never been demonstrated to the public eye. 
Men of science, publicists, statesmen, religious leaders 
and heads of the world of new thought have been pro- 
foundly convinced of the life after death, and it's ability 
to communicate with the living. Because of this con- 
viction, it counts its followers today by millions. 

Spiritualism, is the key that opens the door between 
this world and the next, it is the guiding star that will 
lead humanity on the straight road and keep foolish 
people out of the material rut of wickedness. 

Spiritualism, is the headlight that shines in every 
direction showing the good road ahead. It is the power 
behind the human race that will make men and women 
spiritual, and will take all through this life safely who 
joins the army of Progressive Spiritualists. 

Spiritualism, unfolds the spiritual gift lying dormant 
in the world of humanity, a blessing given to the human 
race for spirit communication with the next world. 

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Every home throughout the land contains one or more 
persons who could cultivate the great spiritual power 
within, and direct communication with the spirit world 
could be made — thereby bringing convincing evidence 
that the religion of Spiritualism is a great truth. Every 
home contains hosts of unseen spirit forces waiting pa- 
tiently for the time to arrive when humanity will get their 
eyes open, and give the spirit world a chance to talk with 
the home circle they have left behind. This is one of 
the greatest blessings that God has given to the human 
race, and it is ignorance, and superstition that is holding 
this great Divine power we all have from becoming more 
fully understood. It is a disgrace to the human race to 
be so blind, when the greatest science on earth lays covered 
up under ignorant spiritual minds. That could be easily 
developed and made the most perfect degree of earthly 
happiness for this so called civilized nation. 

To be able to talk with spirits from the spirit world 
is the simplest thing that a person can undertake. All it 
requires is to first understand how to develop the gift 
so that it will bring you in direct communication with 
the higher planes of spirit intelligence, and the rest is 
very simple for you can learn more in five minutes con- 
versing with intelligent spirits than can be learned in a 
lifetime from other sources. 

Spiritualism teaches that a sin is a sin whether it is 
caused by deceit, jealousy, enmity or murder. Every 
deed has its own future punishment. Humanity does 
not understand what constitutes wickedness, and through 
the lack of knowledge many believe if they escape the 
death chair in prison and are not publically branded 
as a criminal they are living a good Christian life. 

Every act, every deed, every thought that is not pure 
is impure, and registered on the dark side of life, so it 
behooves us all to find out the truth before it is too late. 

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SELFISHNESS 



CHAPTER FIVE 

Selfishness today is the curse of the human race. It 
has grown to such sinful conditions that friendship, 
sociability, harmony, honesty, and charity has been 
nearly exterminated from the earth through its terrible 
influence. Humanity in general has sunk so low that 
a free giver is almost a curiosity. If a person is sincere 
and wishes to give a few dollars for some worthy cause — 
that person soon comes under the ban of what is termed 
an easy mark, and is literally hounded by selfishness of 
human sharks who begrudge the little comfort others 
may be given. Selfishness controls nearly all the in- 
dustries — it controls nearly every branch of finances — 
it rules the financial resources of nearly every line of 
business — it governs the churches — it brings unhar- 
monious conditions in nearly every home and creates 
enmity, hatred, jealousy, gossiping, malice and every 
known sin on the calendar — between friends, relatives, 
acquaintances and strangers. 

Profiteering is nothing but absolute selfishness 
Cheating is selfishness — jealousy and begrudging others 
for what they may possess is insane selfishness- — being 
two faced for personal gain is a very low degree of selfish- 
ness and causes more suffering than many of the other 
branches of meanness. 

Where are your friends today and whom can you 
trust? If you loan money without positive proof that 
the money was loaned, do you know that the person 
is honest? Are you positively sure that the party can 
be trusted? How many friends have you lost by being 
a good fellow and in the end they become your enemy? 

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How many good opportunities have you lost by trusting 
your secret to some friend who you thought had influence 
to give you assistance— but to find your friend had taken 
your place. How many times have you placed confidence 
in certain persons, only to discover later your confidence 
has been abused? How many dollars have you squan- 
dered foolishly with your friends, while they enjoyed 
your hospitality — and when in distress asked the loan 
of a few paltry dollars to see you through a little financial 
loss — to hear those very familiar words; very sorry,'' 
but really I am short myself and of course you under- 
stand my position;" I would really like to accommodate 
you — but I don't see how I can do it at this time:" — 
Nothing but selfishness and human distrust of mankind. 
We have all been so deceived by unscrupulous selfishness 
in humanity that we fear to take chances on even our very 
near friends. 

Wickedness of the people has gradually driven hu- 
manity to become selfish and deceitful. In some quarters 
it is almost impossible to secure anything without using 
deceit — if you want work the boss has a list of friends 
that receive the first chance — if the purchasing price 
of some article you wish to purchase is too high you are 
forced to use deceit in trying to convince the merchant 
that you cannot afford to pay the price. Nearly all 
transactions between human beings is contracted on 
that selfish principle. The merchants are selfish for a 
few more pennies, and the buyer is selfish because the 
merchant is making the profit. 

The millionaire is condemned for his success and 
luxury; the middle class of rich prople are not blessed 
by the minds of the masses because they begrudge the 
money they have given to build the fortune of the rich, 
and the common people are jealous of each other if one 
is fortunate in possessing a little more wealth than the other. 

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To sum this condition of the human minds to a 
spiritual degree; — we have but a small love for God, — 
and a less amount of love and respect for fellow man. 
We all want just what we want without one thought of 
doing to others as we wish to be done by. Selfish, mean, 
and greedy without fear of future punishment — or love 
for each other. Is it not terrible to see the brains of human 
beings placed in this filthy condition? Is it not against 
the teachings of Christ? Does the words of God say 
that we shall live together in selfishness and strife; and 
do unto each other just as our selfish hearts dictates? 
Where is the religion in this state of mental corruption? 
Is it right? Is it just? 

Humanity is becoming so materially selfish that a 
friend in need is a friend indeed! A man would rather 
squander ten dollars foolishly, than to give fifty cents 
for some worthy cause. Simply advertise some vulgar, 
and uncouth performance and men and women will 
stand in line for hours to secure a seat, money is no object 
— because it personally helps to satisfy the craving for 
selfish motives. In all our courts you will find a strug- 
gling mass of men and women who attend every trial 
of notorious people just to listen to the vile and obscene 
testimony. Nothing seems to appease the mental 
faculties of this class of people but filth. Many are 
people of education and refinement who has attained 
admission in high society — but with mind and soul 
diseased with animal nature — and the only pleasures 
that appeals to their liking, is vulgarity. 

This same class of people will make up parties to visit 
the slums of wickedness, the selfish minds continually 
craving for low material scenes — and the nearer they come 
to the lowest degrees of vile wickedness the more pleasure 
it brings to the selfish nature. 

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When once the spiritual sense is abused nature reverts 
to lower conditions. This is the wicked force that is 
sending millions to an untimely ending and future dark- 
ness. It requires a powerful determined mind to battle 
this wicked force if allowed to develop. Evil in the 
mind without spiritual guidance has a hard battle to 
fight to live free from wrong doing. If the brain is once 
deluded by false pleasures it is like a man who has become 
a drunkard! He will take just one more drink and that 
will be the last, the last never comes. 



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MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL LAWS. 



CHAPTER SIX 

Material and spiritual laws that govern human life 
is as far apart in relation to each other, as the moon and 
sun is as far apart in space. The two conditions are 
like a house with two rooms, one palatial in every par- 
ticular, and the other filthy, and filled with disease germs. 
Materiality is everything earthy, and is the basis of all 
crime, poverty, suffering and woe. 

It is the sins we commit against ourselves, and the 
lowest standard of mankind that lead men and women to 
steal, lie, gamble, to be selfish, hardhearted and mean. 
It is the wolf of humanity that has thrown multitudes of 
souls into the condition known as hell. It is the unholy 
power that ruins our unwise fathers and mothers, foolish 
girls and boys, and makes men and women social hypo- 
crites with the cunning of the fox and the morals of a 
degenerate who hide the heart of a wolf, and the passions 
of a tiger under the cloak of false piety and virtue. 

It is the lowest mental state of life that is a terrible 
foe to innocence. It creates ignorance, superstition and 
vulgarity, and has wrecked the human race from the 
beginning of civilization through following after the lusts 
of the body instead of seeking for goodness, and trying 
to live better, and understand the spiritual side of life. 

Materiality is the cause of diseases that impoverish 
our physical bodies, and weakens the mental faculties 
to such an extent that this generation is barely spiritually 
strong enough to choose the good from the bad. We 
look to the material and vulgar side of life for pleasure 
and happiness instead of choosing the pure and good. 

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Material selfishness has created millions of conceited 
hypocrites with a heart full of hell, and a mouth full of 
heaven. There is that type of individual who goes 
around one half saint, and the other half devil. Every 
Sunday they proclaim aloud in the church their love 
for everybody and on the week days the same person 
would do enough mean things to you to make even the 
devil ashamed of himself. Love is only artificial, and 
mischievous hatred lurks within the fellowship hand. 
This same class of shouting hypocrites call themselves 
Christians, and condemn innocent pleasures of the com- 
mon people as vulgar and corrupt, and preach piety 
under the cloak of deceit. The world is filled with that 
class of Sunday shouting hypocrites that will be so small 
when they enter the next world, it will take a powerful 
magnifying glass to find the soul. That class of deceitful 
hypocrites can fool themselves, but they cannot deceive 
God or the spirit world. 

People who do not understand the true law of God and 
nature imagine they can live just as they please in this 
life, and receive no punishment in the next. They break 
the laws of virtue, honor and justice, and expect when 
they die to be ushered into heaven, and receive all the 
great blessings that is bestowed on the righteous who go 
to heaven. It is like a person trying to carry water in a 
sieve, it can't be done. 

Millions hold wicked secrets in their conscience that 
they dislike to remember, yet, — often remember because 
memory creates a guilty conscience, and would be shocked 
to have them printed on the front page of a morning 
paper. Yet, they will find them printed on the soul in 
the other world, and displayed publicly before every 
spirit they meet. This is the Divine spiritual law that 
causes wicked spirits to seek shelter in some dark corner 
to cover up shame and disgrace. They are ashamed to 



meet spirit friends face to face. This is the reason a 
wicked person cannot enter heaven, shame forces them 
to the planes where they can mingle with other spirits 
as wicked as they are themselves. 

Materialism is the wicked power that provides jails 
and insane asylums where men and women are placed 
when they become so sin crazed that they are a menace to 
the peace of the community, but they are only a small 
percentage of our wicked population. 

At the present day, the world is full of terrible heresies 
and open blasphemy. Man's uneducated licentiousness 
and inherent love of strife and lusts for worldly riches 
has caused grossness of personal conduct. Injustice 
and cruelty to mankind without heart, without thought; 
save for the gain, or loss of gold until sin is rampant to 
a low degree in every stage of life. 

There is very little goodness in the world today; two 
men, or even brothers, will fight like dogs quarreling over 
a bone, and two women will scream themselves hoarse 
if one receives more attention than the other. The world 
is degenerating in honor, in prestige, in faith, in morals, 
in justice, in honesty, and in clean living, that men and 
women are getting dissolute, shameless, and youth of 
both sexes depraved. All through the influence of ma- 
terial sins. 

Following is a list of Divine laws that must not be 
broken, for every one creates a guilty conscience, and a 
guilty conscience sends people from earth to the lower 
planes of darkness. Read the list carefully. 

Murder, suicide, malpractice, seducers, haters of God, 
unholiness, ungodliness, worldly lusts, malice, unmerciful, 
enmity, traitors, maliciousness, hating one another, cur- 
rupt minds, shamefacedness, blasphemers, gossiping, 
cruelty, covetousness, liars, profane, greed, hypocrisy, 
full of envy, deceiving, false accusers, despising those 

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that are good, truce breakers, jealousy, deceit, backbiters, 
vain, unthankful, tattlers, evil surmizings, perjury, 
cheating, stealing, hatred, white slavery, selfishness, 
busy bodies, etc. These are the first laws of the kingdom 
of God and laws that must be obeyed. 

To the people who have broken any of the above laws, 
if they could see their own brains as God, and the spirit 
world can see them, they would be horrified beyond ex- 
pression. 

Thoughts are things — and they become so imprinted 
on the brain, that any degree of spirits, coming from any 
spirit plane can read human thoughts as readily as we 
can read the English language. So it behooves all of us 
to watch our step if we wish to produce clean reading for 
our invisible friends. Bands of angels travel all over the 
civilized world on earth, branding every wicked person 
with the seal of hypocrite, and the brand remains stamped 
on the soul until washed away by redemption. There 
is no escape for a living soul. This law is inevitable. 

Spirituality is the Divine power that builds good 
characters. It creates good and loving people who treat . 
others as they wish to be treated themselves. It beautifies 
the home and keeps the family united in charity, love 
and perfect harmony. It forces people to forgive their 
enemies and forbids them to trespass upon the rights 
of others. It causes money mad hypocrites to visit the 
poor and needy, and extend the hand of fellowship in 
friendship and charity. It kills the animal nature in 
vulgar and disreputable people, and makes them con- 
verts to a new and better earthly existance. 

Spirituality is the power behind the world that has 
retarded wickedness to practically a degree of safety, 
and created what little true happiness there is in the 
world for those who are good enough to enjoy it. 

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To be spiritual and yield not to temptation is living 
a good life that is the highest and most beautiful science 
on earth. 

Those who think they can sham spirituality, is like 
the thistle trying to become a rose, the two separate ele- 
ments will not mix together. 

We are either like the thistle, impure and of very little 
use to humanity, or like the beautiful rose which is pure, 
and one of God's perfected models of nature that is a 
lesson for us all to copy. 

Spirituality, teaches a moral code of virtue, which if 
followed will purify the mind and body under its wonder 
ful influence. Life without spirituality is wasted, and 
produces little hope, little power and no gain at the end 
of this life which is sure to come. 

How many really understand, and realize the wonder- 
ful power of love? The Divine power that brings the 
only genuine happiness to humanity. Without love, 
the world would sink to the plane of animal life, and even 
today the terrible conditions which we see all around us 
is nothing higher than the vulgar animal nature in man. 

Only a few people ever experience true love; they utilize 
the material power of infatuation, which is creating a 
race of unhappy uneducated,, and miserable dejected 
people. 

Infatuation, is not love; it is a wicked influence that 
eminates from selfish individuals who follow wicked 
thoughts and desires for personal gratification. 

Infatuation, is the power that unites so many unhappy 
marriages, and which leaves its mark on the children who 
follow. It is the power that causes so many divorces, 
and leaves children homeless by the thousands without 
shelter or parental love. 



Where there is no true love at the fireside, there is no 
harmony, and where there is no harmony there is no 
goodness. A family living together under those condi- 
tions send the children out in the world with unclean 
minds, and the result is a disastrous ending. 

Materiality, is forcing the world's people to shame 
and disgrace. 

Spirituality is trying to build the human race to be- 
come pure and holy, but under the present distressing 
conditions, materiality is master, and unless checked, 
will eventually drive all true love and spirituality off 
the earth. 

God, our Heavenly Father, is on the side of goodness. 
If we expect to ever go to his Heavenly Domain, we had 
better begin living the lives here. He commanded we 
should live," The following list is God's own laws, and 
given to us to obey. If we fail — it is our own fault, and 
must suffer the consequences. Study the list carefully. 

We must love God and humanity, be righteous, be 
charitable, virtuous, Godly, must have honor, hos- 
pitality, fidelity, must be truthful, giving of thanks, 
temperate in all things, good behavior, pure thoughts and 
acts, kindness, affection, self respect, and obeying all the 
laws of nature. 

When you choose, choose well, for it all depends on 
you, and you alone. 



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THE FAMILY CIRCLE 



CHAPTER SEVEN 

The Creator gave man many blessings but the last 
and greatest gift to man was woman to mend his faults 
and mould him into virtue! 

One of the greatest things in this world for a man and 
wife is love! — Love is greater than life itself for without 
love life is barren. The sweetest wisdom in all this world 
is a pure woman's council, and the marriage vow is the 
noblest alter in life's journey. 

The day after the marriage the bride should begin her 
new era of life as the queen of the home, and the husband 
should love and protect his queen with honor and morality 

When a man loves a woman unreservedly and marries 
her, he thereby elects to resign all other woman in the 
world for all eternity, and to confine the giving and 
receiving of all attentions to that one woman — his wife 1 
and both shall conform to that rule. 

The home is the most sacred place on earth! — because 
it is the beginning of life, and usually the ending. 

If God gives the home the blessing to bring children 
in this life! — it is the advice that mother and father give 
the children that rules the destiny of mankind. Good 
seeds sown in the home will grow and develop, and the 
children will have a guiding hand to help them face the 
world! To keep them in the straight and narrow path 
through life — so they can pass on into the great world 
beyond without sorrow or shame. 

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The kind words and loving prayers of mother is what 
helps us through life, — without mothers advice we are 
like lost sheep, we wander to pastures new and find there 
only stale grass and impure water. 

Fathers advice to the son is education for the boy. 
Many wicked and degraded men today would be a credit . 
to the family circle if father had made a companion of 
his son, and gave him the advice necessary to teach him 
how to shun evil. 

When the wife or mother forgets her family circle and 
accepts the evil attentions of another man, no matter 
what the circumstances may be, she has opened the door 
that leads to dismal darkness, and when she passes 
through that door her sin is almost unpardonable. A 
wife must obey the law of God if she expects to find future 
happiness, and have no thought for any Other man but her 
husband. This is a divine law — that every wife should 
obey with strict obedience. 

The husband and father who forgets his vow of devo- 
tion to his family circle, and thinks there is no harm in 
entertaining lady friends and admirers does not possibly 
realize what danger lurks in the background of such 
meetings. It is astonishing the number of married men 
who defy and disobey the law of virtue, and bring shame 
and disgrace on their miserable souls, which at the end 
of this life causes untold sorrow, and destruction in the 
next world. 

This great Divine law should be understood and obeyed 
by all who look for rest and peace. 

Immorality is sending millions of men and women to 
the lowest planes of darkness because this great Divine 
law is being broken with severe impropriety. Ignorance 
has no excuse; the law is unmerciful and all powerful 
in the spirit world — it is God's law. 

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It is positively disgusting how men attempt to force 
their attentions upon every beautiful woman they see — 
married or single. 

This filthy disease of the mind is called flirting, and 
married men as well as young men, even boys, will attempt 
by all manner of means to inflict themselves upon the 
company of innocent women. This evil practice has be- 
come so prevalent that men of seemingly respectable 
appearance almost torture a beautiful woman. The 
boldness and cunning of these men are astounding which 
affords no temptation for a real woman, but causes no 
end of trouble. To the weak willed girl or woman this 
evil practice is a most dangerous temptation and curse. 

Married people are getting so they do not want the 
society of each other. The wife prefers flirtations with 
uncouth strangers, and the husband wants only the 
painted, powdered, mushy girls. 

Love one another is the law God commanded should 
govern the home circle; not poluted with anger, disputes, 
enmity and spite. 

The home life of many young boys and girls is every- 
thing but spiritual; they are scolded, abused and seldom 
receive true parential devotion that is rightfully due them; 
instead of affection! — they receive cross words and are 
punished by angry parents who are unreasonable and 
unrelenting, thereby forcing many children to become 
unruly and disobedient. 

Parents who follow stern discipline without principle, 
will allow children the free privileges of the streets day or 
night without a watchful eye for their welfare, not showing 
the least interest in whom they select as companions. 
They know not whether the little ears are wide open listen- 
ing to vile stories related by uncouth children, or what 
they are doing. 

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They have no patience for innocent childish amuse- 
ments. The children are always in the way: Goodness — 
begins at home! Nothing but harmony should prevail; 
Devotion, Generosity, Kindness and Charity should be the 
controlling force to regulate every fireside to a perfect 
and harmonious condition. As we find the average home 
of today, — it is more like a retreat for the insane than 
the dwelling place for a loving, united and happy home 
circle. 



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PRAYERS 



CHAPTER EIGHT 

The Christian world since the dawn of civilization has 
been placing implicit faith in prayers, believing that 
prayers are personally answered by our Supreme Heavenly 
Father, and no matter what class of sins has been com- 
mitted, — every person who prays will be forgiven. 

This system of worship has been handed down from 
ancient times, and not one person can truthfully say that 
they KNOW for a positive fact that personal prayers have 
ever been answered by a personal God. 

The time has arrived for the world to know the 
TRUTH — concerning this one great method of saving 
souls. 

If God has devised such a wholesale system of saving 
souls, — after people have broken his commandments: 
Then Heaven must be inhabited with a race of human 
spirits instead of Angelic Angels, because nearly every 
person has some hope of sailing direct to Heaven, through 
prayer at the eleventh hour, and that includes all classes 
of people from sin crazed inhuman monsters to hypo- 
crites. Such a mixture of human spirits in Heaven would 
make it but little above earth life. 

If God has bestowed his Gracious Blessing on human- 
ity by such a simple method of reaching this wonderful 
Heaven, — any one of us can break all the commandments 
and be ushered into Heaven without any punishment for 
our sins. If this system is true, — why does the scriptures 
say, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all the rest 

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will be added unto you?" Does that mean that we can 
first seek shame, and disgrace, and the rest will be Heaven? 
Does it mean that we can Cheat, Steal, and Profiteer for 
selfish gain, — and go to Heaven? Does it mean that we 
can sham our earthly existence,— and deceive people in 
believing we are Christians when we are cruel, and un- 
merciful to fellow man? What a Merciful God we must 
have to give humanity such a wonderful blessing. 

Is it reasonable to "believe that just to satisfy the 
different religious beliefs, God will break his own laws, — 
and disobey his own commandments? 

Heaven is not a free and easy sphere of spirit existence 
where the wicked can flee for protection to cover up 
earthly sins : Heaven is a celestial abode for the Righteous, 
— where the highest intellectual and Spiritual Beings can 
rest in peace after passing through degrees and zones of 
preparatory, Etherial Schools of Spiritual Science. This 
requires many, many years of time to even enter the 
first degree of Heaven, and beyond this first degree there 
are worlds without end. 

There are many mysteries in this world, but the 
greatest of all is why sensible beings will believe such a 
myth that wicked people can die and go to Heaven, even 
after Gabriel has blown his trumpet. If spirits sleep for 
hundreds, — and thousands of years before the sound of 
the trumpet, what opportunity will a sleeping soul have 
to work out their own salvation? When a brain is once 
diseased with wickedness, — it requires more than the call 
of a trumpet to wash out the scars of earthly vulgarity. 
It requires severe punishment, The spirit of man does 
not sleep, — or wait for Gabriel to blow his trumpet, it 
passes on to the plane that is best suited for its existence, 
— and by faithful labor it can be slowly released Cycle 
by Cycle, Degree by Degree until it reaches the higher 

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planes of light and wisdom, — and all the praying on earth 
will not help the soul on its journey to the brighter planes 
of spirit life. 

God has said, "I go to prepare a place for you, that 
where I am, ye may be there also;" which means, — when 
properly interpreted; you can go to Him when Spiritually 
Prepared, and not before. 

Heaven, — and the Spirit world is so wonderful, — and 
mysterious that it's true conception is beyond all human 
intelligence. Just a faint idea of its' tremendous size and 
extent,— Science estimates that over THIRTY THOU- 
SAND BILLION of human beings has died on this earth, 
— and is now some where in this great belt of invisable 
Spiritual Worlds that goes to make up our future Eternal 
Progression FOREVER. 

No person can begin to conceive the number of worlds 
where the mighty multitudes of once-human beings now 
exist, and as much alive today as when they walked this 
earth occupying the human body. 

Many of this vast number has been progressing on and 
on from one world to another, — f or thousands of years, 
and today live in some world so far out in space that no 
estimate of distance can be measured. 

There are billions of spiritual souls that has not 
visited this earth for thousands of years. In fact, — it 
would be an utter impossibility because they are so 
highly spiritualized that the material force that surrounds 
this earth, — and rises some distance above the earth, 
would act as a barrier through which a highly developed 
spiritual body could not penetrate. It would be like a 
stone wall around a building. This earth under its present 
existing wickedness, — would look to Angelic Angels like 
the Orthodox Hell is supposed to look to us poor and 
benighted people. 

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Millions of spirits who live in planes of progression 
a few degrees from earth's conditions, is the missionary 
planes, where good spirits are given missions on earth to 
fulfill for the uplift of humanity, and at the same time 
improve their own progression. A good deed performed 
by spirits, has its reward in the next world the same as 
here, only more spiritual. From these planes of spirit 
life, true, and sincere prayers are answered, providing 
the person praying is spiritually good enough to send 
thoughts of prayer to these planes. The person praying 
must be just as good as the spirits, or the prayer thoughts 
will not be sufficiently strong to enter the missionary 
plane, — consequently, the thoughts will enter the lower 
planes where the lower uneducated spirits will interpret 
the prayer message, and if the spirits are truthful, and 
desires to perform an act of charity, the spirit will some- 
times be able to answer the prayer to the satisfaction of 
the person who sent the message. Ever since the be- 
ginning of human life on this earth, many prayers have 
been answered from some spirit plane situated close to 
earth. 

Common sense should teach us that God, Who is the 
Divine, immaculate, etherial power, would not live on 
this little, miserable planet, and listen to the material 
pleadings for help coming from millions of different 
minds, different creeds, different beliefs, different dogmas, 
different denominations, that human beings should be 
ashamed for God. to interpret. 

Our poor ignorant population are taught to believe 
such rubbish, through the teachings of spiritually 
blind religious teachers. A wonderful unseen power is 
so close to this earth, that if humanity would investigate 
the power, this world would be mystified beyond expres- 
sion. Right in our very midst we have millions of in- 



visible human souls that are waiting with outstretched 
hands to be recognized, and the door opened that they 
may instruct and guide us on our journey through life. 

The greater part of humanity would be nonplussed 
if they knew they were being watched by many invisible 
eyes that see all the wicked deeds as well as the good. 
If they knew that father and mother, brother and sister, 
sweetheart and friends are enabled to come so close that 
they can place spirit hands on our heads, and whisper words 
of warning in our ears. False teachings advise the world 
that the good are taken to some far off land, and never 
return because Satan and his imps have the monopoly 
on earth, and a poor mother who has been called away 
from her children by the grim reaper, must go to Heaven, 
and play on golden harps. Would our great, loving 
God bring such condemnation on the human race and 
permit the orthodox devil to ruin her babies whom she 
loved with that great mother's love? If such trash is 
believed, it is about time good common sense began to 
rule the people. 

There is no law in the spirit world to compel any 
mother to desert her children. Such a law would con- 
demn humanity to a frightful punishment, for surely it 
is not wicked for a mother to love her children. It is 
Mother's voice from the Spirit world that keeps many a 
young man and girl from yielding to temptation. It is 
the Mother's Spirit who sits by the bedside while she 
watches over her sleeping children to keep away evil 
influences. 

People cannot realize that such a thing could be 
possible; but it is TRUE nevertheless, for many un- 
natural dreams are spoken by spirits who can influence 
the brains of people who are unconscious with sleep — 
and wicked deeds has been committed by innocent 
people, from the impression the dream left on the mind. 

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With love in the home, Mother or Father, in spirit, 
can enter and administer a helping hand that will guard 
and guide all who are left behind, and it is the Mother 
or Father who answers sincere prayers of their children 
if they are worthy to receive a communication from 
loved ones. 

Those who offer fervent prayers for spiritual assistance 
and who do not use a mechanical system of prayers, and 
who can kneel before their Maker with a clean mind 
will be recognized by good spirits, and prayers will be 
answered as far as spirit power can assist. The persons 
who offer prayers with unclean minds attract the lower 
forces of ignorant spirits, and many times prayers will 
be answered with the return of evil thoughts. It all 
remains with the class of spirits who has been attracted, 
LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE. 

Following is a list of eleven rules. The person who 
follows this good advice will never leave the straight and 
narrow path. By living up to these rules, it will progress 
every living human soiil to the higher planes, and prayers 
offered to Our Heavenly Father will be answered. 

1. — Thou shalt not commit Murder or Suicide. 

2. — Thou shalt not break the Holy Laws of Virtue. 

3. — Thou shalt not seduce the innocent, nor trespass 
where temptation will lead to evil. 

4. — Thou shalt not Steal, Cheat, Plunder, Gamble, 
Covet, nor Profiteer any material thing that disobeys the 
law of Honesty, Honor, and Justice. 

5. — Thou shalt not hold Enmity, Jealousy, Hatred, Re- 
venge, Malice, nor Evil Surmizings against any human 
being. 

6. — Thou shalt not think unclean thoughts, nor 
yield to Temptation. 

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7. — Thou shalt not Worship Money, nor cause Physical 
Mental, or Spiritual suffering to fellow man. 

8. — Thou shalt Love thy Neighbor and treat animals 
with kindness. 

9. — Thou shalt not Gossip, Slander, Lie, nor bear 
false witness. 

10. — Thou shalt obey the law of Truth, Justice and 
Charity. 

11. — Thou shalt not cause the blush of shame to enter 
thy soul. 



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THE REAL DEVIL 



CHAPTER NINE 

The actual devil on earth! The serpent that leaves 
evil trails not only through the highest places, through 
luxurious surroundings, through the dens of the most 
squalid and most depraved classes of society is the 
Master Criminal Devil— TAINTED MONEY. 

This great serpent devil rules the entire world, a 
million times more powerful and dangerous than the 
great horned devil many people believe inhabits the 
earth. 

This great devil with its master power commands 
explicit obedience from all its subjects, and holds them 
in bondage through its cunning campaigns for loot, 
greed, and profiteering, and the unmasking very seldom 
takes place unless elected to serve a term of years in a 
penitentiary, or when the grim reaper takes the soul into 
the world beyond. 

This great Master Criminal Devil makes great prom- 
ises of prosperity, and opportunities for debaucheries, 
these are the common means by which men and women, 
good and bad, make contracts with each other to buy and 
sell everything on earth from the smallest thing ever 
invented to the soul! — and the money devil buys millions 
of Hands, Minds and Brains of men and women. 

The promise of money places millions under the leash 
of villainy, and makes Crooks, Confidence men, Mur- 
derers, and Thugs of honest people who yield to the 
wicked temptation of easy tainted money. 

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For many centuries humanity has been fighting an 
imaginary devil, a great inhuman monster with sufficient 
Satanic power and influence to not only defy the great 
Angel world with its thirty thousand billions of inhabi- 
tants, but considered so powerful that he can defy GOD, 
Who created all life, and the creator of the devil himself. 

After thousands of years of this unreasonable myth, 
no evidence has ever been produced as proof that such 
a thing as a devil ever existed only in the imaginative 
minds of people who refuse to think! or reason.'' To 
this class of people this great devil remains a reality, and 
always will until common sense takes the place of old 
handed down myths and fables. 

Religion, teaches that this great evil monster was 
driven out of Heaven — Yet the Bible teaches that heaven 
is a Sublime Realm of Angelic Angels, where none but 
the righteous can ever enter. 

According to this belief this man devil was either a 
righteous soul who was dissatisfied with heavenly blessings 
and preferred earth with its terrible wickedness, or he 
deceived God, and the i^ngels. 

Is it reasonable to believe that a hypocrite could be 
smuggled through all the progressive spirit planes, and 
then enter the great heavenly domain of righteous souls 
without being discovered? 

Humanity has never been advised where this great 
man devil was created — but according to the divine law 
of God and nature — he was created on this earth — be- 
cause this earth is the great creative source for all life. 
Life has its beginning here, and progression takes the 
souls from this zone of existance to the innumerable 
zones beyond. Nothing is created in the form of life 
in the eternal cycles, degrees, realms and zones, and 
nothing can defy the law of creation, God and Nature ! 

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Under such a powerful existing divine law, the man 
devil was simply a common every day man while he lived 
on this earth in his human body, Under that condition, 
is it possible for a human being to be in more than one 
place at one and the same time? (If not) then the spirit 
of man cannot be in more than one place at one and the 
same time in the spirit world; (then how), is it possible 
for this one spirit devil to be all over the world in a 
billion places at one and the same time? One man has 
but one personality; and there is no law or power that 
can change this great ruling power of nature. 

We have also been taught to believe that the Imps of 
the devil performs much of his devilish works of sending 
souls to the damned bottomless pit. The word Imps 
implies spirit life and as no life is created in the spirit 
worlds, the devil Imps must also be the spirits of human 
beings, wicked men and women who prefer to suffer 
damnation than to progress to eternal happiness! Can 
you believe such misty nonsense as we are taught to 
believe by religious teachers today? 

Let us all take serious consideration of the true version 
of the devil as told to us by highly developed men and 
women spirits living in the other world, where knowledge 
is power. 

The spirit of man as he is born into a new life enters 
the great invisible world only as a misty intangible force, 
a something with a sufficient amount of strength to hold 
together, but so invisible, and so frail that it is not visible 
to the human eye. 

This misty counterpart of the human body is composed 
of but two conditions, (namely) spiritual and material. 
Every spirit that enters the other life is either one or the 
other. The material spirit is in a frightful condition, 
because it is rusty with the scars of evil, and has the 
appearance of deformity when in the presence of a higher 

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class of spirits. If the spirit soul is filled with wickedness, 
it becomes black and hideous, and the only devil, or. 
imps that was ever in existance. 

This class of wicked spirits are forced to enter low 
degrees of spirit life, because the spirit is just what it 
represents, and lives in darkness and impure surround- 
ings that causes pangs of remorse and regret. Many 
of this class of spirits remain in this low condition for long 
periods of time because the stubborn soul rebels against 
humbleness, and repentance, and continue on and on 
living close to some human being that opens the door of 
welcome. They become obsessing spirits to human 
beings. 

This plane of earth bound spirits are a menace to the 
growth of spirituality on earth. Millions of men and 
women are living day and night with the spirit of some 
wicked man or woman who cling to the human body like 
a leech; and if the person who is obsessed yields to the 
whispered evil temptation of the leech spirit, the bond 
becomes so tight that the evil spirit can rule the destiny 
of the human subject. 

Spirit obsession has grown to a frightful condition 
through the ignorance of spirit communication. The 
mortal mind has remained in such a blank condition con- 
cerning the great force of spirit life amongst us that the 
lowest class of spirits, who live with us, has taken ad- 
vantage of the opportunity afforded through ignorance, 
and today thousands of unthinking men and women are 
traveling direct to the plane of degradation through the 
unknown evil influence that is obsessing humanity. Not 
one human being can escape this menace, if they take 
the first step on the downward course. Every person 
is subjected to obsession who thinks wickedness, it makes 
no difference whether rich or poor. The atmosphere is 

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actually alive with invisible spirits, all trying to reach 
some source of communication with earth. If this law 
of attraction was fully understood by humanity there 
would be less sin and wickedness of the people. The 
principle reason why evil spirits attach their influence 
to some mortal is because it brings the spirit right back 
on earth. If the spirit is given the opportunity, they 
can become so closely associated with the mortal subject 
that the spirit can practically enjoy all the good and evil 
conditions in which the subject partakes. Millions of 
human beings are obsessed in this manner that has not the 
least idea such a thing could be possible. Yet it is as 
true as the sun shines on God's green earth. 

This class of spirits are causing humanity to become 
obsessed in a frightful manner. Each obsessing spirit 
naturally looks for the best interests of their subjects 
(in a financial condition,) and will use any means to fill 
the pockets with tainted money, but in a true spiritual 
sense, the obsessing spirit has very little to offer, because 
they are not spiritual, but selfish and unclean, con- 
sequently have but little respect for the morals of their 
victim and use influence to corrupt the mind in order to 
satisfy their own wicked soul. 

The other condition in which a spirit enters the other 
life is Spiritual. A divine power of brightness which 
glorifies the soul and sends forth a bright spiritual light 
which eminates from the spirit form. Spirits of this 
class escapes the three lowest cycles, and remain away 
from the turmoil of earth only at times when they return 
to perform some act of charity, or to give waring to 
some friend of impending danger. This is the true 
explanation to the skeptic mind why so many conflict 
ing messages are reported coming from the world of spirits. 
All good spirits live in planes away from earth. All evil 
spirits (the three lowest planes) live right here on earth — 

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and the class of spirits that deceive the investigating 
public — because they do not employ scientific methods 
to reach the higher spirit forces. The condition is similar 
to trying to telephone to some person in a western city, 
and the telephone call being answered from the adjoining 
room — by some person who is liable to answer the message 
just to suit their own convenience. In order to show 
conclusive proof that it is an utter impossibility for an 
Angel to descend from Heaven as an Angelic hypocrite, 
I will minutely describe the actual progression each and 
every soul must pass through before the soul can be pre- 
pared to enter the great heavenly realms. 

The spirit world is a mighty wonderful progressive 
world. It begins with the birth of the spirit and con- 
tinues on and on up tl^ ladder of life to worlds without end. 

The first condition is the planes of punishment for 
all the wicked debts contracted while on earth. The 
three lowest planes can be classed as prison punishment — 
because there is no happiness, no sunshine, and no flowers, 
everything is dismal and cold. When a spirit has devel- 
oped out of this prison condition, and can enter the 
fourth plane above the earth condition, there yet remains 
forty-five cycles that must be passed through before the 
first realm of heaven has been reached. The spirit that 
progresses through all the forty-nine cycles, has purified 
and cleansed the soul of all earthly materiality, and the 
soul shines with a bright golden light that no mortal 
brain can conceive its spiritual magnitude. The light is 
so beautiful, and so heavenly that it would be like trying 
to look at the sun with our naked eye. 

As the soul progresses through the various cycles each 
cycle becomes one step higher in wisdom and the souls 
must pass a rigid examination before a great spiritual 
council, (or court of justice), and no soul can leave any 
one of the separate cycles until spiritually educated. 

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This is the true ladder of life we all must climb in the 
other- world, and this version should be sufficient to con- 
vince the most skeptical mind that in all history from the 
actual beginning of human life, not one soul has ever for- 
saken this blissful state of heavenly existance for one of 
debauchery and vulgarity, called Satan and the Devil. 

Humanity has been frightfully misled. In the first 
place there is no such thing as a spirit devil. The only 
invisible devil coming from the other world that can 
cause human beings spiritual disaster, may be people 
who but a few short months ago walked the earth as we 
are doing today. These same spirits committed enough 
wickedness to force them to remain as spirits on earth 
just as they left it, vulgar, and uncouth. Not under- 
standing the progressive laws of the other world, they re- 
main close to earth and if the opportunity affords them 
the privilege to obsess some mortal they become the only 
invisible power that is a real menace to humanity. If 
the spirit was selfish and deceitful, he or she is very likely 
to use that same personality when in spirit and cause 
the mortal obsessed much inconvenience. 

Tainted money, is the devil on earth and also a menace 
to the uplift of spirituality in the world. The man who 
worships money, and forgets goodness cannot be classed 
as a christian, because he is in league with evil conditions. 
Clean money is essential for the comforts of the human 
race, and has no bad results in the future, but money 
secured unwisely, and used for unclean purposes becomes 
tainted and in the end nothing will be gained but soul 
punishment. 

Tainted money has become almost the supreme ruler; 
and its followers are eager to obey its slightest command, 
from the fashionable rich, to the vile criminal of the slums. 

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The real devil is building pyramids of wealth, moun- 
tains high, and is covering the earth with a slimy trail 
that will eventually ruin the human race. 

The old saying that money is the root of all evil; is 
the truest words ever spoken by man. It is a poor 
investment, for it creates, selfishness, jealousy, hatred, 
enmity, revenge, stealing, fraud, deceit, malice, back- 
biting, gambling, cheating, blaspheming, cruelty, liars, 
hypocrites, false accusers, murders and suicides. 

In the other world we are brought face to face with 
ourselves, we see ourselves just as we are, and the result of 
our wrong living clings to us no matter how hard we try to 
escape. 

If we have filled our pockets with tainted money, 
every penny must be accounted for until every dollar has 
been cleaned of taint, and when every penny has been 
polished with good deeds, then and only then can a spirit 
progress. 

It is better that a man has but a few honest dollars, 
than millions if he seeks for comfort when he enters spirit 
life. Future punishment is not caused by the influence 
of devils, or imps, but by thoughts, and deeds of wick- 
edness. Each person is responsible for themselves, and 
each person sends their own soul to the respective plane 
of existance they enter. It is like a person starting on a 
journey across the continent, and by having a wrong 
ticket lands in a dismal swamp in the state of New Jersey 
instead of landing safely in California, the destination. 
If you start for Heaven and land in some dark and dismal 
spirit plane, you have no one to blame but yourself. If 
you get lost on the journey it requires tedious work to 
return to the main line of connection. 

|A few years ago women was not considered as wicked 
as the men, but today it is difficult to make the same 
statement because a great change has taken place, not 

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only with the younger population, but in all stages of life. 
One has but to consult the lists of fashionable men's 
clubs today to note the ever increasing number of bachelors 
Men representatives of the business, professional, financial, 
and social world. 

Today the bachelor has his own friends, cars, motor- . 
boats, country homes, (which many of them has in- 
herited), handsome apartments in town, which in many 
instances involves unpleasant notoriety with a future 
career not favorable for having made a success of spiritual 
things. 

Formerly a bachelor was an object of sympathy in 
the eyes of his married friends; but today a great change 
is taking place. Men are afraid of matrimony because 
women has gone socially and financially crazy under the 
power and influence of tainted money which is growing 
to be the kernel of every woman's happiness. 

Women are calculating, mercenary. She expects 
enormous returns from matrimony with scarcely any 
investment on her part. 

The modern girl is so selfish men are afraid of matri- 
monial bankruptcy. No man could suffer a worse fate 
than this. 

Women today, instead of being home loving and 
would be the right sort of a girl to bring her husband 
happiness and supreme contentment in a cozy well kept 
home where there is true love, and not the artificial brand, 
they demand luxury and material pleasures at an expense 
beyond the average income of many financial business 
men. 

There are many girls in the world who are reasonable 
in this respect and works for the interests of her husband 
at heart at least, and loves her home better than she 
does cabaret, dances, etc., but the largest majority are 

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fickle, restless, and society and mercenary crazy. Plenty 
of money is the question, regardless of maintaining 
peace and contentment in the home. 

Young people will rush madly into matrimony, and 
soon trouble brews because the salary he earns is not 
sufficient to supply the extravagant wants, and eventually 
he loses the girl he wants either through the money devil, 
or the divorce proceedings. 

How few marriageable daughters will consent to 
sacrifice selfish desires for a true unselfish life with a man 
who can only afford the comforts of a cozy little happy 
home, — not many — but a few, social position, upper 
society, dress, automobiles, and numerous clubs, and a 
longing for things impossible, and dissatisfied after 
getting what they do not require. 

Thousands will marry men much older than them- 
selves, who has wealth and position, and then associate 
with a younger element for false pleasures, wishing, and 
praying for the old man to die so the money devil can 
fall in their pockets. WISHING OTHERS DEATH, 
IS TERRIBLE WICKEDNESS. 

This is the key note to the whole miserable matri- 
monial existance today. Matrimony as devised today 
is composed of but three principles; namely, selfishness, 
money and divorce. True love is but a fading mystery 
dissolved by modern wickedness. 

Men and women are becoming slaves to gambling, 
dope and company of dissolute male and female com- 
panions. Soon after marriage the true wild nature 
which was cultivated earlier in life asserts itself, and wife 
and baby become a plaything, a slave to merely supply 
the table that the high lord can occupy the seat of com- 
mand, and abuse not only the wife but neglect the inno- 
cent baby. This same rule applies to both sides of the 
home, because many a man is left at home alone to suffer 

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his wrongs in silence. Later in life this condition usually 
ends with murder, or suicide. SUICIDE IS MURDER 
IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND HAS A TERRIBLE 
DEBT TO PAY, IN FULL, IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. 

The money devil is considered a friend to mankind, 
but it is a curse, the way it is being worshipped today. 
It is more powerful than the power of God, because the 
whole world is defying all laws that govern spirituality, 
which is the law of God. A vulgar prize fight will draw 
thousands of yelling, and almost insane mass of people 
that become frenzied with excitement, and pay many dol- 
lars as admission fee. On Sunday about a handful of the 
same people will put forth a special effort to attend the 
church services, and drop one or two pennies in the con- 
tribution box. The money devil is ruling the churches 
today. The man with the most, is the power behind 
the church, and no one dares to dispute his authority. 
If he wants a certain class of sermons, he gets it or leaves . 
the church, and no one dares to refuse to accept the 
tainted money placed in the church funds because Mr. 
Moneybags is king of the situation. This condition is 
prevalent throughout the land, and it is one of the prin- 
ciple reasons that the common people stay at home. 
They are not popular enough to be wanted. When the 
doors are thrown open to all churches, and the public is 
invited to worship God, in any manner they desire, and 
cut out so much deceit and narrow principles, religion 
will grow, and great good will be accomplished. As it 
is today, my way is the only way, and people who think, 
will not submit to things they do not believe. 

The man or woman who is right, is the man or woman 
who follows their best thoughts and lives up to their own 
good principles. 

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THE REAL HELL ON EARTH 



CHAPTER TEN 

If we are to judge by the accepted creeds of the 
Christian world, we find that almost universal belief exists 
that there is a hell. Upon this sbject there is a great 
diversity of opinion, but the majority believe that this 
great horrible place really exists, and is situated some- 
where below the surface of the earth, and is either a great 
underground cavern, or cave where the devil rules and 
he, and all his imps shovel brimstone on the eternal fire 
to keep it hot for the next victim to arrive. 

The fearful horrors of this never ending punishment 
is used as a mighty power to influence the minds of the 
people in a religious sense, and portrayed in such lively 
colors from the Christian pulpits of the land that the love 
of God and justice is lost sight of in the unreasonable 
description. Not so much upon unbelievers as upon those 
who reject the creeds, article of faith, and discipline. 

In one way this conception has been a blessing to 
humanity because it has frightened many a person from 
committing terrible wickedness, and in another way it 
has condemned the creeds that has forced it on the world. 
If there had not been a devil preached to frighten the 
people into submission, the world would be today un- 
bearable, and the home would not be safe from the 
male brutes that has no fear of God, or man, but stands 
in fear of the devil. 

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It requires a watchful eye even today to keep the home 
free from this class of inhuman brutes from trespassing 
and taking advantage of the innocence of the wife or 
daughter and leading them to destruction. 

Men and women of today are like wolves after a flock 
of sheep. They use wicked influence and soft words, 
and the innocent minds listen with confidence and faith, 
but the demon of evil soon ruins the home, and another 
perfect man goes out in the world to be looked at as a 
perfect model of manhood, without blemish or fault. 
Man can create the wrong, and so called high society will 
cover up the stain. 

Women and young girls could crush, — and grind in 
the earth many black hearted scoundrels who prey on 
innocence and ignorance.— IF THEY WOULD USE 
REASON AND GOOD COMMON SENSE. 

This class of imps are not fallen angels from Heaven, 
BUT imps of human beings, and when the good people 
wake up and exterminate this class of inhuman brutes, — 
it will be safe for girls to look for a good honest husband, 
and the morals of the people will greatly improve. As 
it is today, — wicked immoral men are destroying millions 
of our young girls, — and nobody seems to notice that 
a fearful crime is being committed against our coming 
generation. This one great crime cannot be laid at the 
door of any Orthodox devil. It is the spiritual ignorance 
that the world is under. People do not consider it is a 
sin to corrupt morals, but it is one of the worst sins a 
person can commit, — for no person who breaks the law 
of Virtue, can escape the planes of darkness. This mes- 
sage is spoken from my Spiritual Advisers from the 
Spirit World, and it is well to heed the advise. Words 
given from on high, where wisdom is predominant. 

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Men are becoming so debased that they look at a good 
woman with eyes of evil, and send out vulgar thoughts 
to win the attention of the intended victim. 

If our religious teachers would dispense with an im- 
aginary devil, — and Hell, — and preach the actual hell 
growing in our younger population, great good would be 
accomplished. 

The real Hell, is the lowest plane of Spirit Darkness, 
and situated in every conceivable place on earth. When 
a man dies, — and his soul passes into the other life,he 
does not go down or up, but usually remains with his 
body until it is placed in the grave. 

At the hour of death, his astral body, which is a per- 
fect counterpart of our earth body, simply steps from 
the sunlight of life to the darkness of the other. He closes 
his eyes on this bright earth, — and opens his spirit eyes 
in a black and dismal condition he has created here, — 
and taken with him. 

If the man has formed sinful habits, those go with 
him, — and holds him so close to the earth that he is 
bound to earth's conditions, and forced to remain in the 
house in which his soul left the body, or seeks some 
familiar place he had been accustomed to visit. 

The home ties usually holds the spirit, — because he 
can draw more or less knowledge how his family is pro- 
gressing, and at the same time be able to enjoy just a 
little pleasure in being in his old surroundings. 

Very few spirits that are earth bound can leave the 
body because of the natural attraction, and nearly all 
are privileged to witness their own funeral. Many spirits 
can hear, and see the sham that is practiced at funerals 
by people who profess to be in great sympathy with the 
bereaved family, but merely assume sorrow, — and then 
scandalize not only the soul who has passed out of the 
body but the family as well. 

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Many people will put on a sanctified expression at 
funerals, — and thrash out with the neighbors every thing 
they know about the family, and relate many false stories 
that had never transpired. 

If humanity understood that many spirits listen to the 
gossip of false friends, and can interpret all the hypo- 
cracy practiced at funerals, many vulgar minds would 
be more careful how they criticized the family of the 
dead. 

When a spirit discovers he is chained to his own con- 
ditions, and cannot arise above them; he endeavors to 
communicate with his family, — believing that by so doing 
he can help them in life's hard struggle for existence, — 
and at the same time help his soul to progress out of his 
prison. 

If the law of communication was understood, death 
would not separate the living from the so called dead, 
because they are not dead, but as much alive as when in 
the body. Every home could remain intact, for the 
spirits of all departed could reunite at any time they 
were permitted to enter for communication with the 
people still in the material body. 

Nearly every family contains one or more persons who 
are gifted with the divine spiritual gift, and if people open 
the eyes to greater knowledge of divine laws — Earth and 
the Spirit World would be brought into close communion. 
Millions of spirits in the planes of darkness, as well as 
from several of the higher planes could associate in 
family groups, and death would be nothing but stepping 
from one room to the other. Today through the terrible 
ignorance of spiritual truths, people suffer sorrow, and 
bereavement over the loss of a loved one, when in reality 
the spirit is standing by the side of the persons in sorrow, 
speaking words of comfort, — and endeavoring to impress 

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the mourner that the loved one is not dead, — but happy 
and contented in their new life, and grieved to see any 
one in sorrow over their new found happiness. 

Every person who passes through the condition of 
death, — if the soul is clean passes into sublime happiness, 
and in many instances greatly benefited by the change, 
and would be permitted to enjoy the new life, — but are 
held in earth's conditions by the sorrow created through 
ignorance of life and communication after death. 

No spirit wants us to grieve over their departure from 
this life. Every soul that returns tell us it is wrong, — 
because it retards the progression of the spirit. 

Men and women who enter the lower planes of spirit 
life, even with the soul black with earth's wickedness 
would be saved from much spirit distress if they knew 
the spiritual law. Going to the spirit world in ignorance 
is a curse to humanity. It is similar to traveling in an 
unknown country without a guide or a helping hand to 
point out the way. It behooves every living human soul 
to study the teachings of the Science and Philosophy of 
the Religion of Spiritualism, — for their own travels they 
must surely take sometime through the mysterious Spirit 
World. Never enter that great world BLIND, — it is a 
world of Science and Philosophy, — and requires a de- 
veloped soul, and a progressive mind to partake of the 
good things that should be ours, ordained by the goodness 
of God. 

If humanity knew the great blessing that awaits every 
person who works out their own salvation in this life before 
passing to the great beyond, no human being would break 
even one of God's laws. False beliefs has been telling the 
world for thousands of years how to live this life, and 
very few have any conception where the soul will go; or 
what they can expect after getting there. It is blindness 
of the lowest order because common sense should teach 

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us, that God never created a blind world beyond this 
earth where we must go in total ignorance. That is not 
reasonable. No Father would create a condition of 
happiness for his children without pointing out the way 
for the children to find. it. It is unreasonable to believe 
suchfan impossible thing that God prepared this great 
world of wonderment for our happiness, and then leave 
his earthly children to find it through over five hundred 
different creeds, dogmas and religions. 

God never intended that any class of human beings 
could sin and pray, day in and day out, — year in and 
year out, and expect to be forgiven when they had the 
ten Commandments as a guide to show them the way. 

As humanity stands today, — but a very few is pre- 
pared to even enter the third cycle above earth's blackest 
cycles, — and between the third cycle, and the first realm 
of Heaven, there is forty six planes that must be passed 
through by severe spiritual labor before any soul can 
enter Heaven, — the great heavenly home that ignorant 
humanity think they will enter at their own pleasure. 
But what a sad mistake. — the real hell on earth must be 
the beginning of all who disobey God's laws, — and from 
this plane work up, step by step until soul progression 
has redeemed the soul. Any person who is narrow minded, 
— and prejudiced, — and live under the false belief that 
they are saved, and will go to Heaven, — is on the wrong 
road. So we are told by many highly developed Spirits 
from the eighth and ninth cycle above earth planes. 
Only TRUTH, is given from these cycles of knowledge ! 

The real hell, or plane of darkness, is inhabited with 
all classes of human spirits from kings to paupers, and 
is situated on this earth the same as we poor mortals are 
situated, — Living, walking, talking and fighting the same 
as we do, — only in different degrees of darkness. 



As all nationalities, religious, and non-religious, wicked 
and unrighteous human spirits live in these planes, it is 
only natural that the wicked planes, (or so called Hell) 
is almost a counterpart of earth's plane. The only dif- 
ference being the Hell planes are spirits of people who once 
walked, talked and fought under the influence of evil. 

Under those conditions, we, — as a human race live so 
close to the hell plane that the spirits live in our homes, — 
and mingle with us at all times, some striving to assist 
us in our material labors, — and others trying to influence 
us to commit evil. 

Every person remains in spirit just the same as in the 
body. If a man was a thief, — his soul would be black 
with a thief's wicked deeds. If a man was a hypocrite, — 
he would be the same hypocrite in spirit, for death only 
separates the two bodies, the mortal body leaving the 
spirit astral body all the wicked scenes that the earth 
body had committed. 

In the low spirit planes, — the spirits are as active and 
unsettled as we are on earth, and passing through ail kinds 
of good and evil conditions as they did before leaving the 
body. Millions using the brains of earth's population to 
continue the evil habits they contracted before passing 
over. 

If a man dies under the influence of drink. — or the 
terrible ravages of opium, or other terrible drugs, — the 
spirit suffers the pangs of hell, and as there is but one way 
his desperate condition can be retarded, and his suffering 
appeased, he attaches his spirit to some weak mortal. — 
and through the controlling power of obsession, he can 
force the mortal subject to succumb to his power. 

This condition is ever present in all quarters of our 
civilized land. 

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The largest majority of our population is controlled 
by invisible, spirit leaches* that forces many persons to 
commit every black deed that wickedness can conceive. 
Many men and women are controlled by bands of sin 
crazed spirits who can enter the condition, — and to a 
certain extent partake of the wickedness performed by 
the mortal. This condition applies to men, women, boys 
and girls who associate and take part in evil conditions. 
This degree of spirit control is the most dangerous unseen 
power on earth. Many a pure innocent mind has been 
ruined by this invisible influence. Young people espec- 
ially being subjected to this power, — because the mind 
has not gained will power to ward oft' influences, and 
more liable to select wicked companions, who is obsessed. 
It is usually the downfall of the person. 

Parents should guard the children with watchful eyes, 
and guard them from mingling in company where wicked 
minds are at work, — for thoughts are things, — and if a 
wicked person centers thoughts on another person, and 
sends evil thoughts to that person, — evil spirits will follow 
the thoughts, and if the mind is not sufficiently strong to 
battle the influence — between the hypnotic power, and 
the power of the invisible influence the person can be 
influenced to commit wicked deeds. 

Men and women who live good clean lives, — marry 
and contented with a happy little family with nothing to 
mar the happiness, may suddenly discover a great change 
taking place. The husband and father begins to use 
vulgar language, nothing pleases his disturbed mind, — 
he begins staying out until the early hours of morning, 
and abuses his wife and children in a shameful way, finally 
disrupting the once happy home, and bringing disgrace 
to himself and his family. 



Did you ever try to fathom out this mystery? Did 
you ever wonder how a good moral man could suddenly 
change to a human beast? The true answer is very' 
simple: The man innocently ,perhaps, became socially 
acquainted and formed a friendship with a stranger whom 
he did not mistrust had a wicked heart, and under his 
thoughts and the invisible influence which belonged to 
the stranger, the husband and father yielded to tempta- 
tion, and in so doing opened the door to some evil in- 
fluence which took advantage of his weakness, and soon 
guided the father down the path of wickedness. 

Every spirit in the lowest planes are active in some 
manner. Some are acting as guides of fortune tellers, 
seers, card readers, and various kinds of so-called Mediue- 
mistic instruments. In many instances a disgrace to the 
true cause of Spiritualism, because these mediums who 
draw their invisible helpers from this plane, usually cheat 
and gull the public through lying spirits. 

A true medium, one who is a credit to humanity, 
selects guides and controls from the higher planes, thereby 
getting spiritual control from good honest spirit people. 
The skeptic who is careful and selects a true worker in 
the cause, and one who works for honor and truth, — will 
get in communication with mother, father, sister or 
brother, and often times many friends and acquaintances 
who will give good advise, and impart great spiritual 
truths from the world of souls. 

Many homes are kept in order by spirits with good 
intentions who wronged their own soul through ignorance, 
and in trying to work out their own salvation do all the 
good possible to guard and guide whole families, sending 
thoughts of warning to escape disaster, and following all 
members of the family wherever they go to protect them 
from sinning. 



So you see, — we as a people are living in the midst of 
the only hell on earth. 

Two great worlds in one. 

This is absolutely the truth, and millions of advanced 
spiritualists can testify to the truth of this assertion. It 
will be well to investigate because, every living human 
soul should understand this condition of spirit obsession 
that is gradually lowering the morals of humanity. 



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GUILTY CONSCIENCE 



CHAPTER ELEVEN 

It requires a life time of clean living and good deeds 
to prepare a person for Heaven. In order to accomplish 
this one ambition that most all possess; a person must 
build and build until they become a halo of pure spiritual 
light, which must have its beginning at childhood and 
only ending at death. 

Those who have done their work well and have no 
guilty conscience to cast shadows across life's journey, 
will reap the reward justly due them. If we labor in the 
vineyard of goodness and cultivate for ourselves a true 
honest soul we will progress onward and upward, — but 
if we build badly all our labor will be lost and we will 
have no rest until all has been made perfect. 

Life is like a candle that begins burning at birth, — 
and continues burning through life, never ending until 
called to the great beyond. As life develops and the 
candle grows shorter the part that burned yesterday has 
gone forever, and is one more day nearer the end. So it 
is with human life; every second of time has left its 
mark, — and when death ends this life it has burned its 
way through trials and tribulations that either helps us 
on our way, or retards our spirit flight in the next world. 

As we progress through life there are three separate 
conditions of nature we are obliged to pass through; 
yesterday, today and tomorrow. Each day as they come 
and go brings new conditions in our life, and one day is 

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not the same as the other; all are separate and plays a 
different part in our life history. Each second, each 
hour and each year has it's separate record, and the 
pages of yesterday must be made clean that today will 
bring profit to tomorrow. 

Life is just what we make it; today, tomorrow and 
forever. It all depends on what we take with us to the 
next world. If it is not good we pay dearly — for there 
is no forgiveness of sins, only through our own efforts. 

Depend on no one! help yourself, or go where you 
belong. 

No man or woman can save the soul of another person. 
Good advice can be given, but depending on some leader 
of religion to save your soul is a sham, because no man 
has lived on earth since our Lord Jesus Christ who was 
endowed with Divine Power. The world has been de- 
ceived in a frightful manner in this respect, many religious 
leaders leading people to believe that confession of sins 
will save souls. 

Confession of sins to another person is decidedly 
wrong, because in the first place it does no good, as every 
person must work out their own salvation, and because 
the person who makes the confession is being deceived, 
which at the same time creates a condition between the 
two persons that will bring the two spirits together in the 
same condition in the spirit world. This life is composed 
of conditions and mental pictures. Each condition is 
drawn together the same as like attracts like; and secrets 
of any nature should not be disclosed to others unless 
the party wishes to draw the second party into the con- 
dition. Keep your secrets — SECRET. 

Total ignorance of this great Divine Law has caused 
millions to be partly placed under the power of others. 
No two persons are exactly alike, and no two persons 
should be drawn together in the same condition, unless 

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brought together under Divine Law. Confession, and 
hearing confession from one person to another is not 
Divine, consequently — it creates a material condition 
instead of spiritual. 

Through false teachings that man, can forgive sins, — 
humanity is losing all fear of personal responsibility in 
believing that sins are forgiven. Tens of thousands are 
entering the spirit world with souls black with every kind 
of sins, — and when they discover they have been deceived, 
and nothing has been forgiven, they condemn the teachers 
for such wrong teachings and become the accusers that 
will bring punishment to the person who did not tell the 
truth. 

There is no excuse for ignorance, for the Divine Law 
says: Stop, look and listen, Seek and ye will find. 

There are so many different ways to cause a guilty 
conscience, that every person should be careful in all 
things. No one seems to realize that little things such as 
lieing, borrowing and never returning, not paying honest 
debts, quarreling, etc., are not acts of kindness, conse- 
quently are not spiritual, and registered on the soul. 
Spirits are more than dumbfounded when they discover 
that the spirit mind is filled with thousands of this class 
of earth's materiality, which retards the growth of the 
spirit. This great truth should be preached from every 
pulpit in our land because it is the real saving of souls. 
Preaching what happened hundreds of years ago, and re- 
lating the sins of the dark ages is not enlightening the 
world concerning ourselves. It is ourselves we must know. 
We must know how to live this life, and where we are 
going and what to expect after we get there. 

Of what account is it to the world today to dig up 
old ancient history, when we are living today and require 
today's knowledge to help us to build strong and well. 

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One truth about ourselves is better than all the old 
history that was ever written. In fifty years from today, 
if our coming generation spends their time listening to 
how we live, the world would be at a standstill, and the 
human race would not progress in the least. This is the 
same reason why Christianity is standing still, and will 
stand still until we drop all the old ancient stuff for the new. 

Let us begin to think more about ourselves, and try 
to find out just who we are, — and how to govern our 
spiritual welfare in a more enlightened manner. Let us 
all begin to know more about human life, its good qualities, 
and learn how to cultivate our souls for progressive de- 
velopment. 

Suppose ancient history is correct (many of the 
ancient teachers was not spiritually good for us to follow) . 

Are we obliged to take their words for what we live 
today. Two thousand years is a long time, — and during 
that period of time Nature has developed a new race of 
people. So today, we require today's remedy to elevate 
ourselves, instead of ancient history. 

If the various religions throughout the land had 
dropped many of the myths and fables, and studied the 
science and philosophy of the other world, today, — every 
one of us would understand ourselves, and the law, Love 
thy neighbor would be respected. With a billion thinking 
brains in the world, it requires more than form, conceit, 
deceit, hypocracy and myths to hold the people. It 
requires brains, common sense, investigation, science and 
philosophy. Without these, we are but a unit, and 
religiously amount to every little. Narrow minds, con- 
ceited and bigoted people proclaim that the world is 
growing better by leaps and bounds. It is not so. The 
human race is falling lower and lower every day we live. 
Only a small majority are even trying to do the square 
thing; the remainder is trying to do their neighbor. 

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Look at our younger element: What is the highest 
ambition of our high school and college bred students, 
flirting, playing pool, shooting craps, gambling, swearing, 
etc., and afraid of manual labor. 

The seed of contention is planted so deep in the minds 
of our young element, — that it is difficult to find what is 
termed a model young man. If a young man has the desire 
to live a good clean life, he is considered out of the ordinary 
and has much difficulty in finding agreeable companions. 
Young girls and women have the same experience: Her 
companions are few, and even with great care in selecting 
her company she is liable to be deceived, and discover 
that her friend has a bad reputation, and thinks only of 
dress, men, — and what is termed a good time. 

There is so much wickedness in the world, that a young 
woman is obliged to fight her way through an army of 
vulgar minded men, and even boys, This vile condition 
is in every section of the United States. 

The average young mind thinks so much obscene, and 
unclean thoughts that they cannot find contentment in 
any pleasures unless it is filled with vulgarity. 

When a person becomes so depraved that they can 
think of nothing good, it is like filling a barrel with 
garbage, — it soon becomes so pregnated with disease germs 
that it becomes a menace to the public. So it is with 
people who have corrupt minds. The whole system be- 
comes so pregnated with mental stagnation, that they 
become a menace to those who try to do what is right! 

Under nature's law, water will flow from the ground 
pure, and clear as cyrstal giving health and strength to 
all life, but simply place one drop of poison in a cup of 
water, and it becomes deadly poison. 

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Innocence, and virtue under the same law of nature 
keeps the brain pure, and clear as crystal, but when the 
law is broken, it changes the life of the person and acts 
like poison to the soul which causes a guilty conscience. 

If we school ourselves to live on the bright side of 
life, and do not fall to temptation, we have fulfilled life's 
mission, and our conscience will be free to bring the reward 
we have earned for ourselves. 

It is not our young people who commit all the wicked- 
ness, millions of old men scamps are offering such induce- 
ments to foolish girls and women, spending the tainted 
money devil with such a free hand, — that girls and women 
fall as easily as an apple falls from the tree. 

The present day religions has no hold on the reigns 
to check the terrible crime wave that is sweeping the 
world — with the crimson hands of fate. 

But a few are directly benefitted by religion, for it 
has no fertile seed to plant that will grow and develop. 
The masses do not believe, and those who do set such a 
bad example that the people are loath to follow, and the 
result is : very little religious good is being accomplished. 

People have been listening to that old fable that sins 
are forgiven while living on this earth that the masses 
believe they do not require religion because at any time 
they can experience a change of heart, and all will be 
forgiven. What a farce! 

Today, — humanity has fallen as morally low as the 
world is supposed to have been before the flood, and our 
great loving Godjis supposed to have almost exterminated 
human life for that reason. You can find the same degrees 
of wickedness all over the world as the ancient writers 
tell us about, and the human family has no more fear of 
disastrous results than if we were a race of loving and 
truly religious people. 

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People who remain home all the time and shout their 
great glorious truths, claiming that the world of religion 
is saving souls, and that the world is growing better and 
more religious, should get out in the world and learn the 
shocking condition under which humanity is living. 

Begin the journey of investigation by watching the 
actions of our young boys and girls on the streets, follow 
and listen to the vulgar conversation, hear the slang and 
evil expressions that eminates from their weak undevel- 
oped spiritual minds, — and watch the vile temptation 
that men throw in the path of young girls and women. 

Today, — it is a common practice for boys and girls, 
men and women to have a meeting place for immoral 
practices, not realizing that it is breaking the law of God, 
which brings punishment to the soul. Immorality creates 
a guilty conscience, — and a guilty conscience spells the 
word, Suffering. 

If the world was being taught the turth as it should 
be: You pay dearly for what you get; humanity would 
get their eyes open, and people would be more careful what 
they do. 

Under the present teachings people believe that wick- 
edness amounts to very little, they imagine all sins are 
forgotten, — because they see no immediate punishment 
and nothing will ever appear to cause sorrow. It is but 
a figment of selfish imagination, — for nothing escapes the 
book-keeper in the soul. Every item is recorded and all 
bears fruit in time to come. 

It is safe to estimate that nine-tenths of the human 
race does not know what constitutes wickedness — and 
the effect it has on mind, body, and soul. If the human 
race was perfect — without wickedness there would be no 
sorrow, unhappiness, or sickness. Wickedness causes them 
all. A Guilty Conscience. 

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THE MARRIAGE VOW 



CHAPTER TWELVE 

One of the greatest blasphemies of the age is the 
degradation of the sacrament of Matrimony. 

When men and women swear to be true to each other 
before God; — so long as life shall last and afterwards 
break that vow severe punishment falls where it is due. 

The man who accepts the life of a woman given to 
him in trust and love, and then betrays that love, it is 
better that he had never been born. 

In these days of wickedness, men and women break the 
marriage vow as though it was nothing in the eyes of God. 
Love of the purest, honest, and highest kind should be the 
foundation of the marriage sacrament, Love that can 
keep its faith unbroken. 

True love, — is the meaning of the wedding ring, and 
will live forever. Those who love truly can never be 
parted, death has no power over their souls. 

Marriage performed between persons who are utterly 
unsuited to each other in every way who are not drawn 
together by love, but by only worldly consideration always 
has a tragic ending. Such marriages are not religious, — 
they are mere profanity, for marriage was not intended to 
be a mere union of bodies, but a union of souls. It is the 
most sacred bond of humanity. Men who, are social 
blackguards of the worst type marry innocent girls just 
out of school. When an inexperienced girl or woman 
marries a man of that character it would be better if 

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she were in her grave. There are men of title and position 
who even sell their wives to friends in order to secure 
needed cash, or social advantages, and while our law is 
covering up aristocratic crimes from publicity, the hard 
working man is severely punished for smaller sins. 

If we make our marriage for worldly desire, or per- 
sonal convenience, our children will be moulded on these 
passions, and grow up to be a curse to the world they 
live in. If we wed in sin, — our children must be born in 
sin. 

Woman, is the victim of injustice today, and so-called 
civilization that keeps her ignorant through her youth 
causes her to become a victim to the very ignorance and 
innocence that have been so sedulously cultivated. The 
girl should be told that she must not trust man, and must 
be her own protector. Everybody knows that man is 
responsible far more than women for the crime that 
destroys women. 

The mother, and no one else should frankly tell the 
daughter what life is and what men are ! The girls should 
be taught that men will make every promise, and break 
every promise, these things will help to protect girls from 
the cruelty of men, and save the women with all her 
dreams of happiness gone, every path closed to her, all 
hope for a happy home shut out ! This is a common sight 
today throughout the land. 

Unfortunately, nine parents out of ten have false 
ideas of modesty, they allow their girls to learn from some 
sad experience, or from some degraded source that should 
have been explained clearly by the mother. 

When a woman falls, the others eat her up morally 
with their ostracism. The brutality of women toward 
her unfortunate sister is like a pack of wolves, if one 
becomes wounded the other wolves eat her up. 

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These matters should be discussed by father with the 
son! Let boys and girls be taught by their parents that 
there is one wicked crime that is a curse to civilization, 
it will help to protect our girls, and protect our boys from 
becoming brutes of men and women. 

The marriage game would be less of a gamble if there 
were more honesty before marriage. If a woman saw a 
man, and a man saw a woman with all defects uncovered, 
marriage would become more holy and righteous, and 
there would be less ill-mated and unfortunate marriages. 

I pity a bride who contracts a marriage with a man 
who has put up a bluff and much highly colored camou- 
flage. 

To tie an active, ambitious woman in a matrimonial 
stall with a man that is a black hypocrite who has been 
an immoral parasite, is the kind of marriages that ends 
with a domestic tragedy. 

Many a home is wrecked on the rock of sin through 
suspicions and jealousy, caused by confession of a bride, — 
and the love letters of a disillusioned hubands. 

The woman who has extravagant tastes, or has been 
bitten with the society bug, and can spend ten dollars 
while the husband is earning one, are bound to plant 
thorn bushes that is surely going to hurt in the future. 

Through ignorance of the Divine law of marriage and 
virtue, the world is degenerating in morals, and clean 
living, men and women, single and married are getting 
dissolute, shameless, and youth of both sexes depraved. 
The world is so filled with immoral minds, that a good 
woman has but to be seen walking alone in the public 
gardens, or streets with a man, and her reputation is 
gone forever. 

God help the poor girl or woman who is alone in the 
world without a guardian, or protector. The human 
wolves in men's clothes are secreted in every line of 

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business, and on every corner of the streets to pounce 
upon her with their vulgar proposals, and smooth tongue 
promises. 

Men of age with hair as white as snow are culprits of 
sin so black that the dismal light of hell will make them 
look hideous with sin and corruption. Christians claim 
that humanity is growing better morally, and spiritually; 
but our population is going the other way, and if some- 
thing is not done to check the ravages of crime, our 
asylums and prisons will not hold the sin mad hypocrites. 

The sacrament of marriage should be the most strin- 
gent law in every state of the Union. That will be the 
only way to check, and improve the present immoral 
condition of our land. 



THE RESULT OF WICKEDNESS 



CHAPTER THIRTEEN 

Every person with sufficient intellect to think and 
reason must know the great difference between good and 
evil. 

Common sense should teach that we must reap a 
reward for living a good clean life, and punishment for 
committing evil. 

Not one of us can tell the exact time nature will finish 
its work on earth, so we must try and find gut where we 
are going when we die, and what our future destiny will be. 

We have no excuse for what others may do! It is 
what we do ourselves to prepare for the coming of death 
that will surely take us across the border to the great 
world beyond. 

The question to be answered is — shall we go to the 
beautiful spiritual realms, or to the dark and dismal 
planes of evil? 

At the hour of death, as our soul or spirit leaves the 
body, there arises from the body a vapory substance com- 
posed of electric properties which develops the soul to a 
perfect counterpart of the human body, and as this 
invisible vapory substance gathers spirit strength it 
gradually becomes a new birth in the other world. 

Under natural conditions, the new spirit, is given help 
by some spirit doctor who makes it a practice to attend 
a new birth in the spirit world the same as it is customary 
in this life. 

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The strength of the spirit depends upon the past life 
of the person. The new soul will either be bright, with a 
spiritual light, or the soul will be black and misty without 
light, and no power can change the condition, it is what 
the person built for themselves, and just what they took 
with them to the new world. It would be as impossible 
for a new spirit to produce spiritual light, as it would be 
for an infant to change at birth in this life. The religious 
teachers who preach that a soul can be saved by prayers, 
and at the time of death have the soul changed from black 
to white is preaching a false belief, because the spirit is 
black through wickedness, and requires serious work to 
unravel the web of black wicked spots that has stained 
the soul with blackness. 

The spirit form is but a shadow of the human form, 
a mere reflection, like the sun's rays casts its shadows 
from material bodies on earth. The astral* body of a 
person is nothing to the human eye, it is so vapory and 
shadowy that it requires a well developed spiritual power 
in man to penetrate the invisible veil that separates the 
human eye from the spirit body. 

To the spirit itself, the astral body appears so natural, 
and so perfect that many do not realize they are not the 
real person. The spirit body retains the entire history 
of the human life; nothing is forgotten. Every scene 
that the man or woman has passed through is imbedded 
in the vapory form ,that is all they have taken with them. 
A complete moving picture from the cradle to the grave. 
This spirit condition is the great Divine Law that sends 
all souls to the plane they have made for the soul! The 
power of the spirit light is what decides the exact location 
for the soul. 

Each plane in the next world is graded by spiritual 
light. The lowest plane, which is the prison plane is 
dark and dismal, the souls who live in this plane suffer 
from a guilty conscience and shame. 

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The next plane above has a faint light, and the souls 
have more goodness, and were people who lived imper- 
fect lives, causing injury to their own souls. 

Each plane is one grade higher than the other, and 
more spiritual which increases the light. As a spirit as- 
cends from one plane to the other the spirit becomes more 
perfect, and one by one all the vulgar scenes of life are 
washed away by soul progression, and redemption, and 
shame and disgrace is eliminated. 

The new spirit soon discovers that they are in the 
wrong plane just as soon as they endeavor to enter — any 
condition above their own power. 

It is like trying to pass through a tunnel without a 
light, Each soul must take their medicine whether it is 
sweet or bitter. 

When a spirit has discovered this lav/ that governs the 
other world, they also discover what a big fool they were 
back on earth, and here is where the real punishment 
begins. The great I AM power has been converted to 
go where you belong ,and your spirit goes there without 
any coaxing or invitation. 

This is the condition that teaches the spirit that the 
mean and little wicked acts had more force than they 
expected. This is the time the man or woman spirit finds 
a black dirty spot in their vapory spirit body that makes 
them shudder with horror at their earth's ignorance. 

Here is where they discover that the more black spots 
they find, the lower down the spirit will be forced, and 
the longer sentence to the plane of distress. 

As the spirits begins to measure up their earth's 
existance, they will find a condition of shame and disgrace 
planted with every black spot, and if the person has 
lived the life of a hypocrite they will have a severe battle 
to fight to keep the spirit from constantly living over his 
or her past wickedness. 



The conscience of a human life is the spirit counter- 
part; and when the spirit is separated from the human 
body, all the evil that has been decreed against the human 
body is buried with the body. It makes no difference 
how badly the body has been maltreated, suffering, 
disease and death will end all material life, but the soul 
has a perfect body, and merely registers the good and 
bad deeds. 

A person can suffer untold agony with the human body, 
and the spirit only registers the mental condition which 
does not leave a scar, but cause suffering to others, and 
the scar of iniquity will be planted in the soul. 

No person who dies with sin on their soul need 
expect to enter any condition of heaven, because it re- 
quires a pure mind and clear conscience, that can pro- 
duce a beautiful spiritual light. 

Every person is born under different planitary forces 
that more or less predict the destiny of each individual, 
and if a person understands the law that governs the 
plants it is an easy matter to assist nature, and develop 
as nature advises. 

Each person is surrounded by astral light, the power 
and color is the result registered from each individuals' 
life according to what they make for themselves. The 
better the life the more brilliant the light. The more 
wickedness placed in the soul, the light becomes fainter 
and weaker, all color vanishes with sins, and the soul 
becomes a dirty brownish misty force without spiritual 
power that condemns the soul to hard work in some one 
of the lower planes of existance. 

Spirits from the higher cycles of spirit development 
usually have a pure golden light, and this beautiful light 
is what guides the soul from one cycle to the other. This 
beautiful condition is what brings joy and perfect happi- 

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ness to the soul, for they are free from all earthly con- 
ditions. They have performed their work well, and the 
golden light is the result of purifying the soul from all 
impurities. 

This great truth should convince humanity that it is 
absolutely foolish to pray for help to brighten the spirit 
when the soul is black from sin. All the prayers on earth 
cannot produce a golden light. It requires a life time of 
careful living to build your own spirit power. No one 
but yourself can change the color of the soul. 

Humanity has been terribly deceived in this matter. 
Thousands of unthinking minds has no conception of this 
one great spiritual law that governs all our lives. When 
people get their eyes open to the fact that no invisible 
force will wash away the sins, then, and only then will 
true Christianity progress out of the selfishness of expect- 
ing some other power to do the work we must do our- 
selves. Laying your burdens on the cross for our Saviour 
to wash away is not spiritual. Bear the burden on your 
own shoulders is the only law that will save your soul. 

Shouting for glory, and praying three times every day 
has no effect on the future state of existance. Prayer is 
merely a variety of words many times eminating from a 
filthy mind. Words are not what saves the soul. It is 
good deeds, which builds, and builds and prepares the 
soul for the great and glorious realms. 

The spirit form of a human being is only a mere shadow, 
a mirage of the human person, the material weight being 
so light that one thousand spirit souls could be placed 
in the smallest thimble, and sufficient room left in the 
thimble for five thousand more! The material element 
that death permits us to take to the spirit world is so 
small, that all the wealth, on earth has no power in the 
next world. 

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The person who dies wicked takes plenty with them, 
but not material things, only the counterpart, the same 
as the spirit is the counterpart of the person. What a 
spirit does take with them is the horrors of everything 
that was wrong. 

The spirit, or soul is the history. It is the book of 
life and nothing has been erased or forgotten. A full 
description of what we do here is printed in separate 
scenes, and each scene represents every second of life 
on earth. If we find a lot of miserable scenes that bring 
shame we have no one to blame but ourselves, and down 
we go to the place that best suits our own condition. 

A new spirit in the land of mystery finds they can turn 
to every second of past life and find a picture recorded 
that will reproduce the scene that was enacted at that 
respective time. The instant a spirit mind centers on 
that condition the whole soul enters that one picture, and 
it becomes so vividly realistic that they live over the same 
scene, experiencing the mirage of the act so vividly that 
the soul passes through a reproduction almost equal to 
the real act itself. 

This condition of spiritual law is what causes severe 
punishment, because it is the wicked side of the act that 
stings the soul, the conscience does its work well, for this 
is the real punishment of wickedness. Before a spirit 
can advance out of these conditions, every black spot on 
the soul must be cleansed. One by one, each scar must 
be made perfect. This process of soul purification must 
be absolutely worked out before a spirit can advance one 
degree, the spirit form changing the astral light to comply 
with the cycle above. This law is so severe that millions 
of debased spirits cling to earth's conditions for many 
years, and remain in the same condition because they are 
ashamed to meet the spirits of mortals whom they wronged 
on earth. 



The spirit who refuses to progress follows the same 
unreasonable system as mortals follow here. You can 
find thousands of human beings who merely exist. They 
have no ambition, no energy, and simply follow in the 
tracks of others, regardless of whether it is good or bad. 
This same condition exists in the lower planes of spirit 
life they are spirits of men and women who amounted 
to nothing on earth, and continue on in the same old rut. 
It behooves us all to not stand still here, for nothing 
gained here spiritual, is nothing prepared for the coming 
death for all of us. We should all begin at the age of 
maturity and put all the ambition and energy into our 
life that we can possibly possess, but not the kind that is 
now causing suffering to mankind. 

If the human race was living as God intended the 
human race should live we would all enjoy life to its 
fullest, and the lower planes of spirit life would be almost 
empty, but under the existing conditions, millions of all 
classes of human beings is being forced into darkness 
through ignorance of self progression. 

Humanity has been so terribly misled in spiritual 
teachings that no one, only people who has advanced 
through the great teachings of Spiritualism has any idea 
or conception of what the next world is like, only under a 
very imaginative mind. 

Spirit life in the next world is almost exactly like this 
earth. You must not forget that the spirits who inhabit 
the other world are all that is left of the people who 
departed this life. Passing over as spirits and retaining 
the same poor weak wicked brain they carried through 
this life, and the selfish character that brought the human 
form many trials and tribulations. 

In the lowest plane, the spirits follow all manner of 
different conditions which each one chooses for their 
occupation. Nearly all try to associate with mortals, 

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some for good purposes, some to finish some invention 
not fully completed, others seek for educational develop- 
ment through the brains of students. Thousands con- 
gregates in places where all manner of wickedness is 
practiced and thousands who were ignorant of the true 
development of the soul, who believed they were to be 
saved by prayer, continue the same process in spirit 
life, not realizing they cannot gain redemption in that 
manner. Ministers of the gospel, many of them still 
hold religious meetings the same as in this life, still 
believing they will be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. 
Instead of opening up the spirit mind to reason and com- 
mon sense, they keep their soul down in darkness. They 
are so positive not even spirit missionaries can change 
their religious views. 

The whole lowest planes of the spirit world is composed 
of this class of spirits, who are stubborn and conceited, 
but by the law of evolution, after a certain period of time, 
invisible power causes this class of spirits to open the 
spirit mind to progressive thoughts, and in time they 
join the army of progressive souls that eventually enter 
the realms of glory. People who imagine that they 
can with one big jump land through the pearly gates 
of heaven, had better study the laws of the 
spirit world. Nothing exists there as thousands of 
people believe. A soul can no more go to heavenly 
realms from this life, than an infant can jump from the 
cradle to old age. Infant life requires the law of nature 
to fulfill the mission on earth. Spirit law comes under 
the same rule. A new birth in. the next world requires 
spiritual training to move higher and higher, the same 
as children passes through different degrees of learning. 
Heaven is like the ending of a college education. None 
but the most finely educated souls who has passed through 

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many grades of spiritual education, and graduated from 
spirit colleges can reach the great goal ahead for all 
who prepare to enter. 

This earth is only the kindergarten to the next world, 
and the best of us do not get much beyond this grade of 
spirituality. 

It requires a wonderful soul, and a wonderful spiritual 
education to even enter the third cycle above this earth 
plane, beyond this plane we must pass through forty six 
more planes before we are prepared to enter the first 
realm of heavenly conditions. As we progress upward 
each plane becomes more complicated, and we must 
understand, or remain in the cycle, we inhabit. 

This earth is where we start our endless journey for- 
ever. We should go through this life as perfect as possible, 
to be sufficiently advanced to take up our work over 
there just where we left off, here. If we start wrong and 
fill our life full of vulgarity, we tie ourselves into a material 
knot that holds us fast for many months, and perhaps 
years that we should be progressing onward. 

Humanity has a wonderful mystery before them. 
Little do the people know what is situated right ahead 
of them. Little do human beings realize the great com- 
plex spiritual laws, and spiritual life they must live in 
the other great world. It contains such wonderful 
processes of development that the human mind is not 
strong enough to interpret the simplest of them all. 
For this very reason, this great truth has not been given 
to the world before. There are too many skeptical 
minds to condemn. The same as new inventions, and 
new thoughts are condemned today. 

The spirit world does not speak in very endearing 
terms of those who condemn others for what they do not 
know themselves. God created the universe for every 
person to advance, and when the mind becomes so bitter 

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against those who has developed new thoughts that they 
try to check progressive methods, and retard spiritual 
growth it is not living up to the fullest power of 
advancement. 

We are born in this life to begin at the age of dis- 
cretion to build a perfect soul; one so pure and clean that 
after God has seen fit to move us on into the next world 
we can meet all spiritual beings with a clear conscience, 
and have our Maker say. "Well done good and faith- 
ful servant; you have fulfilled life's mission bravely." 
Your new work you must perform will multiply ten fold 
for the good deeds accomplished while on earth, thereby 
advancing your soul to greater wisdom and into the holy, 
eternal spiritual light. 

The person who dares to die as a hypocrite, soon dis- 
covers they have taken very little with the soul to the 
next world but hypocrisy, for it is one of the lowest 
degrees of wickedness. 

The spirit discovers that they are as much alive as 
they were before leaving the body, and has retained all 
the intellect, every thought that ever passed through the 
brain is registered in the spirit. The fact is, — the person 
is a worse hypocrite than when in the body because their 
hypocrisy is exposed to the spirit world, and all whom they 
come in contact with can see the filth that the person has 
been covering up under the cloak of piety. 

This same spirit will be in such a filthy condition 
that they must either skulk to some secluded spot, or 
begin cleaning house and start true spiritual progression 
in the right way. 

The very largest majority of this class of spirits has 
not the nerve to come out in the open and face the terrible 
consequences, so they secrete their miserable spirit self 
in some room or place where they can be alone, or to 
choose a few miserable companion spirits who has a 



soul as black as themselves. A miserable existance 
stands before this class of degraded souls, they must 
either come out and expose their shame, or skulk in dark 
corners to cover up the wicked scenes the soul contains. 

Thousands of spirit hypocrites remain in this condition 
for years, and do not progress but live over and over their 
miserable earth's life, suffering untold sorrow and regret 
without light, happiness or progression. 

One of the most severe degrees of future punishment 
is the law that compels evil spirits to meet face to face all 
victims of men and women whom they wronged while on 
earth. This debt of wickedness must be paid in full. 
There is no escape. 

Human beings who defy the law of God and nature, 
and think they can cheat, rob, plunder, and commit all 
kinds of degrading acts, and never pay the debts in full 
is sadly mistaken. This system of returning good for evil 
is the only possible avenue for escape out of the plane of 
darkness. One spirit can read the entire past life of the 
other, and this same law is in effect in every cycle, degree 
and realms in the spirit worlds. 

In this life we can associate with people and be deceived 
as to their real life and character, but in the next world 
it is absolutely to the reverse. One spirit cannot deceive 
the other. Each spirit stands before the other naked 
souled, the spirit body being so vapory and so astral that 
the law of compulsion produces the effects of life vididly. 
Under this law no two spirits from different degrees of 
spirit development can mingle and associate in the same 
condition, because the law of attraction would force the 
higher developed spirit to the lower plane. To a certain 
degree the same law applies here on earth. It is a very 
uncommon thing to see the good and bad mingle together. 
If companionship is formed between these two separate 
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will fall to the same low degree of the other, or the lowest 
will take on new strength and rise to the level of the good. 
If you seek good companions in the next world, you must 
make them here in this life. 

This divine law is the controlling power in all planes, 
cycles, degrees and realms. 

The question is often asked; Can I see my loved ones 
in the other world? Will I join them forever? Shall 
we be happy together, etc.? The answer is YES — pro- 
viding the person who seeks for information is spiritually 
prepared to associate with spirit friends. Many families 
and friends are separated by secrets that are not exposed 
until brought face to face in spirit life. The person who 
was guilty is the spirit that must answer for themselves. 
If they are ashamed for past deceit and have been un- 
faithful to each other, the spirits must separate because a 
guilty soul cannot enter the same plane that the innocent 
inhabit. According to the law of God, and nature. 
The Holy bonds of matrimony should not be performed 
but once. The wedding ring means for all eternity and 
when men and women take the solemn vow until death 
do we part, it does not imply that the wife or husband 
can re-marry, because placing the body of a loved one 
in the grave has not separated the two souls, but brought 
them closer together for God only joins the souls of man 
and woman as one. The bodies are but clay, and return 
to earth. The soul lives for all eternity and should exist 
together in everlasting happiness. Through the terrible 
ignorance of humanity people believe that as soon as 
man and wife are separated by a funeral they are at 
liberty to immediately remarry, and no harm is forth 
coming. This is a sad mistake; for the husband or wife 
in spirit is just the same husband or wife as they we're 
before being separated. The spirit can see and know 
everything that transpires in the home and should be just 



as closely united as they were united as man and wife on 
earth. When the law of spirit communication is per- 
fectly understood, as it should be, separation will be 
nothing but a departure of the body with the two souls 
united in perfect harmony and in communion with each 
other. This Divine law should have been given to the 
world thousands of years ago, but the manuscript on 
which this divine teachings of Christ was written was 
destroyed because it interfered with the personal desires 
and debased principles of religious lawmakers who was 
not satisfied with one wife, but took unto themselves 
as many as they desired. Many men and women marry 
and re-marry several times, and bring forth children 
from each union. If a man has three wives, how can he 
claim any one of them as his true and lawful wife? Each 
wife would demand her matrimonial rights for herself, and 
her children, hence, according to the divine laws, only 
one union for each man and woman is permitted. NO 
MAN CAN ENTER HEAVEN WITH TWO OR THREE 
WIVES. 

In the lowest spirit plane men and women who allowed 
animal nature to cast them in this condition, cling to 
earth so close that humanity practically live with them, 
or they live with us which is more correct. 

In this plane you will find murderers, suicides, and all 
the lower degrees of material wickedness. It is inhabited 
by every nationality on earth from civilized hypocrites 
to uncivilized savages. The poor savages who commit 
crimes through innocence, is far better situated in the 
lowest plane than a man or woman who is civilized, and 
knows the difference between right and wrong. 

The poor savage is forced to the low planes because 
he is all material and has no spirituality or light to guide 
him higher. His punishment is not for wickedness be- 
cause he innocently committed no sin. He lived accord - 

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ing to the laws of the tribe in which he belonged, conse- 
quently, his punishment is only the severe course of 
spiritual training he must pass through for soul develop- 
ment, The man who knows right from wrong, and 
then disobeys causes punishment of a very severe nature. 

The spirit of a savage usually remains with his own 
tribe, very seldom realizing that he has departed from the 
body. Today, the inhuman savages are more advanced 
than civilization, because it is a common occurrance 
for many tribes of savages to communicate with spirits. 
It requires many years to civilize this class of spirits, and 
elevate them to high planes, but missionaries assume the 
task and not one soul is lost. All are given charity, and 
this is real charity, in assisting some poor ignorant, or 
deluded soul to understand themselves. Charity comes 
from the soul, NOT THE POCKET. Help some person 
to arise out of the slums of wickedness — and a merciful 
act of real chairty has been performed. 

Many of the brightest Angels in the heavenly realms 
has progressed from the lowest plane. Not one soul is 
lost. Every soul can progress to the realms above, but 
has a terrible time climbing the ladder of progression . . 

Many spirits as they progress out of the darkness 
into light, are assigned missions to perform for humanity. 
Each spirit is selected to act as guides and controls to 
watch our footsteps, and to whisper a warning word of 
danger, or to assist mortals out of some complicated 
material condition. If we would listen to the still small 
voice that is waiting to assist us; many serious problems 
would be made much easier for our welfare. 

This class of spirits are not thoroughly educated, and 
only understand their own planes, so cannot impart 
through communication with mortals only a vivid illus- 
tration of the spirit world. Mortals who seek words 



of advise from these guides and controls, receive honest 
messages of truth, but very little matter of scientific 
interest. 

People who are seeking for material messages attract 
only the common element. People who seek for worldly 
selfish messages attract spirits from the lower planes, 
and usually receive only words of fraud and deceit. 
People who live good clean lives attract only the highly 
developed spirits from the higher planes who come to us 
as spiritual advisers, and only under those conditions can 
any person communicate with higher powers from the 
cycles of knowledge. 

People who are narrow minded and conceited, and who 
deny the existance of spirit communication shut the door 
and drive away all good influences, by not understanding 
themselves, they permit all classes of spirits to guide and 
control them, not realizing that such a thing could be pos- 
sible. Under this state of mind, they attract the undesir- 
able spirits thereby many times committing acts that is 
given impressionally from some invisible influences. 
The entire world of human beings is subjected to this 
invisible force. This same class of conceited people 
will boo-hoo at this truth, but regardless of what the 
whole human race may believe this condition is a positive 
fact nevertheless. 

Some day in the near future this fact will be brought 
out more forceably and humanity will receive a shock 
that will make people more receptive to good common 
sense, and reason. 

The result of wickedness is just what you make it. 
You cannot crush humanity and get away with it. You 
cannot gain wealth by false pretences, and escape punish- 
ment. You cannot live an immoral life and expect pity, 

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because it is a terrible sin in the eyes of God. You cannot 
disobey one of God's laws, it makes no difference how 
small or large it may be. When you break one command- 
ment you break all. 

In the democracy of death all men are equal. There 
is neither rank nor station in the six feet of earth that 
covers our body. The wrongs of time and injustice is 
explained, the unequal distribution of wealth, honor, 
capacity, pleasure and opportunity, which makes life so 
miserable and cruel ceases in the realms of death. 



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GOSSIP AND SLANDER 



CHAPTER FOURTEEN 

The pages of Scripture are full of condemnation of 
these two atrocious sins, and next to suicide and murder 
it is the most current sin on the calendar. 

Its victims are numbered by the hundredsof thousands. 
Homes have been broken up, men and women driven to 
self destruction because gossip mongers have broken the 
ninth commandment which forbids not only false court 
testimony, but gossip, slander, misrepresentation, and 
the whispering game of backbiting. 

Everytime you speak of another person you are bear- 
ing witness, either false, or true. Gossip and slander is 
one of the worse sins of the tongue and the most dangerous 
to humanity. 

Peddlers of scandal are a vendor of vile things, and 
many a life is darkened, many a heart broken, many a 
soul wounded by the heartless, unkind criticism of those 
who gossip, and slanders other people. 

The world is so filled with gossiping, mischief makers 
with evil surmisings, that the case is rare where two or 
three are gathered together that slander is not the main 
conversation. Through this source of evil, entire 
blocks in cities, and towns become a den of enmity, hate, 
malice, jealousy and revenge. It doesn't take brains to 
ruin another, in fact — this class of people are barely half 
civilized. A half witted person can do it. All it requires 
is a quick tongue and an evil imagination, and if they 
have any prejudice, envy, or jealousy against the person, 

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or a slighted hurt feeling, they make them a pin cushion 
in which they thrust all the sharp things they have ever 
heard, and lie unmercifully in the balance. They are 
wicked peddlers of POISON. 

You will find the slimy trail of these backbiting tale 
bearing serpents everywhere. They are a curse to hu- 
manity, and should be subjected to prison punishment 
for the slightest deviation from the actual truth in every 
particular. Under this stringent administration, a large 
majority of mental suffering would be exterminated from 
our land. 

If there were not so many open ears, there would not 
be so many open mouths. 

Be careful what you hear, and more careful what you 
repeat. Hearsay is not evidence. Any person could ruin 
the reputation of any clergyman in a week; doctor or 
dentist in a village in three days. So beware of a slander- 
ous person as you would a viper, — they are just as dang- 
erous. It is one of the perils of human life. Perjury 
before a civil court is severe punishment, so is gossip and 
slander. The lower plane of darkness is the first stopping 
place for that type of mental degenerates. The Almighty 
forbids it, and his laws are severe. 



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ENMITY, HATRED, MALACE, REVENGE 



CHAPTER FIFTEEN 

Nearly everybody believes that yesterday is as dead 
as a doornail, but the truth is : it is more alive than today 
because the human brain works continually ,and today 
is trying to fulfill many of the new ideas, new desires, 
new schemes, and hundreds of new brain pictures that 
was originated yesterday. Everything that the brain of 
man created yesterday is out in the world working today. 

This great truth shows the inconsistency of the narrow 
flimsy belief that we can do just as we desire yesterday, 
and forget it today. That old saying that tomorrow 
never comes has very little logic. What we sow today 
grows tomorrow, and nearly all our thoughts are centered 
on the rising of the new earthly sunshine that either 
brings good or bad results. 

The trouble with most of us is we try to forget the 
bits of wreckage we floated yesterday on the troubled sea 
of false living. If success fails to come in bunches we 
put on the beggars whine, and harp on ill fate and trouble, 
and blame God, the devil, and humanity, never once 
laying the blame at our own door, forgetting the enmity 
and hatred we carry around with us. Enmity and revenge 
is seed planted that is merely sprouting today for our 
discomfort. Evil thoughs are evil seeds, and when 
planted in the brain they grow in power, and in time the 
whole force rebounds to the brain that created the con 
dition. 

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Enmity, causes untold physical suffering to many who 
try to punish some person who they dislike. This evil 
condition is like placing the hand on a red hot stove, it 
burns, and scorches the conscience until it effects the 
brain, and from the brain it causes the nervous system 
to become a diseased magnet that sends unnatural cur- 
rents to all parts of the human body, thereby causing 
diseases that eventually sends the victim to an untimely 
grave. 

Evil thoughs is the direct cause of mental worry, bad 
luck, ill fate, and many of the discomforts of life. We 
must build high with good thoughts, respect manhood, — 
and use our brains for honest methods ; then sickness will 
disappear and the change will come for a more prosperous 
condition. 

People who annoy every person they come in contact 
with, and send out evil thoughts, had better take a long 
look in the mirror of life and try to see themselves as 
others see them. Enmity, hatred, malace, and revenge, 
are sending millions of souls into darkness. To secape 
this terrible spirit plane, elevate the mind above such evil 
influence, because it is dangerous. 



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PROFANE LANGUAGE 



CHAPTER SIXTEEN 

A great many make free use of profane language as if 
it was a part of the daily exercises. It not only degrades 
the spiritual senses but generates a poison of the mind 
which seriously affects the entire physical system, and 
has a bad effect on all sensitive people who may be near. 
It is just as simple a matter to talk a good clean language 
as it is to use profane language. 

Does any sane man or woman really believe that there 
is no bad results from such a degrading practice? Is it 
possible any person can believe no injury follows 
cursing; taking God's name in vain? 

Good manners and a clean tongue are valuable assets 
that anybody can have cheaply. It will make your life, 
and the life of others you come in contact with more 
agreeable. Some people think manners are sissyfied, but 
being polite with good words and manners shows the 
breeding and good character. 



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CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK 



CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 

Those who violate a moral code of law will as surely 
regret the act, and personally suffer for it in the next 
world to corners will the violator of physical law here 
who thrusts his hand into a fire. The penalty is sure to 
follow the deed. 

The law of equity exists and is maintained in the 
spiritual world, and works with unerring justice and cer- 
tainty. 

Children born out of wedlock are not held responsible 
for the sins of the parents, but those who wrong others 
must face the light of inspection and receive just the 
degree of condemnation it deserves. There is no escape. 

Millions of unborn infants are murdered by mothers 
who listen to the human snake who beguiles, and coils 
his poisoned thoughts around some innocent mind, and 
in the hour of disgrace, they unite in wickedness and des- 
troy the little spark of life to cover up the shame and 
disgrace of their own mistake. 

Murder of the lowest degree is the result of such 
inhuman practices. The tiny little body can be separated 
from the soul, but the soul lives, and enters the other 
world as a tiny little spark of life, where it grows and 
develops to manhood or womanhood the same as if it 
had been permitted to be born in this life. 

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This fiendish inhuman wickedness is ever prevalent 
throughout the land. It is considered nothing wrong in 
the minds of all classes of people, only a mere saving of 
a vile character. Oh, such hypocracy; it is just as much 
wilful murder as it is for one man to slay another, and 
the lower hell plane is where every soul is cast who enters 
into such vile and wicked acts. 

Millions of impure mothers and fathers are today living 
out the murder of a poor little soul that was crushed by 
infamy, and when they were cast into the spirit world, 
they come face to face with the spirit of the unborn 
infant in this life, but grown to maturity in the spirit 
world. When humanity learns they cannot kill a soul; 
then will be the time humanity will learn good common 
sense. 



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HOW TO PROGRESS SPIRITULLY 



CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 

Human life is a mysterious creation; we are here on 
the earth as mental and physical human beings, endowed 
with sufficient brain power to keep pace with nature's 
natural progressive laws, and yet after many thousands 
of years of birth, growth and death of every human soul 
that has lived in the past, Very few today know there 
is but two separate divine laws that govern human life — 
namely, material and spiritual. 

Through the ignorance of these separate laws the 
material side of life has been interpreted as the only road 
to follow to supply the wants and desires of human de- 
mands, and today nearly the entire world's population 
is living one sided and developing the spiritual side to 
only a small degree. 

Human life was never created to be one sided. We 
were created to be evenly balanced by developing both 
laws, thereby producing a perfect specimen of material 
and spiritual human life. 

Spiritual law is the first that should be developed be- 
cause it is the divine law that governs the material law. 
The material law depends entirely on the spiritual for 
perfect health, strength and goodness to grow rich in 
mind, body and soul, thereby living perfect, and devel- 
oping a perfect human lif e . as[.creation demands. 

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The spiritual law builds on the illuminated side of 
life, and the material builds on the dark and dismal side, 
creating injury to the spiritual side that weaves both 
together into a spirit of low mental power. 

When a person develops according to both laws, using 
the spiritual first, it develops a perfect law, and produces 
a mind, body and soul according to the ten command- 
ments of God. 

As we journey through life climbing up and up in 
knowledge, we must put each foot forward on solid 
ground made safe by good deeds, and love for mankind, 
and steer clear of all vulgar conditions that produces 
unsafe broken rounds that will throw us back many 
cycles, and finally launch our soul out in spirit space 
without sunlight or happiness. 

When we develop only the shady side of life, we are 
cast into the spirit world only half developed, and that 
half filled with animal nature which acts as deadly poison 
to the spirit, and sends the spirit to darkness. If we 
climb up the bright side of life and make no misteps our 
harvest will be golden and brighter as we progress, and 
each day brings us closer to the realm of Heaven where 
none can enter who does not climb up on the side of 
goodness. 

It is the spirit light that decides which plane the soul 
will enter. Those who travel up the dark side of life and 
produce only a faint spirit light, had better beware be- 
cause each spirit is spiritually forces to the exact plane 
they made for themselves. There is no skipping around 
to suit their own pleasure. The spirit who enters with 
shame written all over the soul goes direct to the shame 
plane. Any spirit who would dare enter the planes of 
bright lights — with shame on the soul would soon receive 
a soul shock that ^would • teach a lesson they would 
never forget. The wicked cannot mingle with the good. 

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That law is positive. No person with secrets on the soul 
can sneak into Heaven. Your own spirit soul would 
punish you severely, and it would be a blessing to sneak 
to the plane your soul belonged. Like attracts like! 

This life is the place to get your good training, — this 
is where we must live right. Gold and earthly power 
has no force in the other world. It is a waste of energy 
that should have been used on the spiritual side. Nothing 
in this life, is two nothings in the spirit world. 

To the man or woman who has broken one of God's 
commandments, and has made a dismal failure of this 
life; there is but one possible way that the wrongs can be 
righted, they must personally be forgiven by the person 
whom they have wronged, thereby erasing the evil con- 
dition. Otherwise, — if the wrongs are held in secret and 
taken with the spirit into the other world, the punish- 
ment is a hundred fold more severe than in this life. 
Every act of meanness must be personally forgiven. 

Much more can be accomplished in this life in a short 
period of time, than in many years of our time in the 
spirit world. 

For all the wrongs that has been contracted, the debts 
must be paid. Personal forgiveness is the only soul 
progression, and the only true conversion that a person 
can experience, and the only salvation of the soul that 
will elevate each spirit higher in spirituality. Praying 
and publicly proclaiming that "I AM SAVED", — is 
hypocracy unless the person who makes the claim has 
first been personalty forgiven for all the sins and meanness 
ever contracted through this life. For each and every 
person who spiritually forgives the wrong committed 
against them, and casts out all enmity, receives a golden 
reward, and for the person who committed the wrong, 
they receive a ten fold blessing. Each wrong that is 
righted elevates the spiritual side and gives the . soul 

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more strength, and spirit light which elevatei the spirit 
to hotter conditions. This process of soul culture is the 
only possible way to save future punishment. The debts 
you pay here will not be recorded in the book of life. 
What is accomplished in this ljfe, — is profit in the next. 
Forgive your enemies is a Divine Law. 

It is just as easy to live a good pure and honest life 
as it is to be mean, selfish, greedy and want everything 
for ourselves. While we live in the body we must respect 
our material side as well as our spiritual. God and re- 
ligion does not demand that any man shall pass through 
life with a sanctified expression and afraid to enter into 
the honest dealings with fellow man. We are put here 
to develop this earth, and to enjoy the comforts afforded 
by honest methods. 

Life means active interest in the great things. It 
means keeping ourselves informed on both sides of life, 
and the subjects under daily discussions. It means if we 
refuse to see but one side of everything we become lop- 
sided, and our mental faculties are only half developed. 
If in the midst of these stirring times we sit calmly back 
and let the thinking people learn of the world's great in- 
terests and possibilities we are dead! If we do not rise 
and seek for the full measure of possibilities, we shall 
find ourselves deeply mired in the muddy sea of our own 
selfishness. Living in the rut of carelessness, or ignorance 
never produced an ounce of value. It is but a subterfuge 
for selfish interests, that human beings will wake up to 
the fact that God's laws must be obeyed. 



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THE INVISIBLE WORLD 



CHAPTER NINETEEN 

From the beginning of human life, with thousands of 
billions of people who have lived on this earth, not one 
soul has perished! Not one soul has died and passed to 
a nothingness without life or intelligence. Every spark of 
life lives, and lives for all eternity; God and nature has 
decreed this great law, and it must be obeyed. Even the 
smallest insect lives; everything that grows has life, and 
life cannot perish. All nature develops materially, than 
moves on into invisible forces and produces new and 
greater productive elements in the next world than -in 
this. A man can live in this life and enjoy the shade of 
a beautiful tree; he can destroy the tree, cut it into 
lumber, build himself a house out of the material sub- 
stance, and when he dies and enters the next world, if 
he has sufficient spiritual goodness in his soul to enter 
the higher planes where the spirit trees are transplanted, 
this same man spirit can sit under the astral body of the 
same tree, and this time enjoy the fragrant spiritual 
essence that will emanate from its perfect development. 

Always treat animals with kindness, because they live, 
and have a soul, and when the soul of the man who was 
kind, and affectionate has progressed to the plane that is 
in direct association with the animal kingdom, he will 
find one of the most faithful, and loving animal con- 
panions that could be desired. The animal kingdom is 
one of the planes of spiritual light. There are no aminals, 
birds, trees or vegetation of any kind in the hell plane. 

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The entire surface is like a barren desert, where spirits 
must float around trying to find some mortal to obsess, 
or live a lonely and terribly distressed existence. 

The great invisible world, a mystery that religion has 
never solved, and never will, until different teachings are 
administered to the people is drawing closer and closer 
to earth all the time, because the world of intelligent 
investigating minds is gradually opening the wall that 
has been built by skepticism, so high, and so strong that 
only the lower planes right on earth has been able to 
break open the barrier that separates the two worlds. 

The world of skeptics today condemn the philosophy 
of spiritualism simply because nearly all the communi- 
cations received from the other world, are not always 
wise sayings, and forceful evidence that the spirits who 
converse are not the imps of the devil. 

After seventy years of spiritualism,' or communication 
with the so-called dead, the actual soul to soul communi- 
cation has but lately begun. Up to nearly the present 
time, millions of people have positively conversed with the 
spirits of the dead, but through false methods devised 
by false prophets, who could not develop their inate power 
to a high degree, nearly all have been mingling with only 
the very lowest spirits, who has very little education, and 
no knowledge of the great invisible world, they are like 
prisoners trying to explain new inventions that has been 
developed since they were cut off from the outside world. 

In this world today, there are very few developed 
mortals that can attract spirits from the high plane of 
knowledge, and form a direct channel for the higher de- 
veloped spirit forces to utilize This explains why the 
world is yet in a very crude, and undeveloped condition 
for angels to come to earth and talk to people. Thou- 

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sands of angel spirits have been seen by mortal eyes, but 
only a few has ever found the right medium through 
which the secrets of the other world could be disclosed. 

Earth's people are talking with spirits that describe 
what they know, to the best of their ability — but know- 
ledge cannot be given from an inferior source. When 
people begin to use human brains, and begin looking for 
higher wisdom, and mortals themselves will develop their 
brains and soul fit for angels to visit, then the world will 
receive the most wonderful descriptions of the invisible 
worlds that will expell the miserable false teachings that 
has literally ruined the whole world. Civilization as it 
is today is nothing but a humbug and disgrace. Human 
beings are practically nothing when they should be perfect. 

Humanity today is almost totally blind to the in- 
visible forces that live on this earth, and have their being. 
The very atmosphere is filled with unseen life that is 
moving and performing missions connected with the pro- 
gression of the invisible world, all striving to accomplish 
a work of some kind the same as mortals strive to gain 
or loose — in this life. Only a few human beings has 
stopped long enough in the miserable struggles of this 
life to try to find the secret door that has been closed 
between the two worlds for countless ages. God, and 
nature never intended that the human race should live 
in ignorance of the world beyond that has been created 
for the ending of human life. From the beginning of 
life this invisible world has been in existence to receive 
the multitudes of human beings that develops here, and 
enters there to continue on with the same fulfillment of 
life's mission. Why — should God, wish to keep humanity 
in ignorance of what has been created for our future life. ? 
Is it not reasonable to believe that by knowing the truth, 
God's people would work with more vigor to reach the 
great beautiful realms of sunlight, and contentment? Is 

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it not absolutely reverse to the law of progression under 
which life is created? Is it not nature to build for what 
we expect to receive later in life? How few of us would 
struggle and slave for expected happiness and pleasure if 
we could not see in advance what our efforts would 
produce? 

Today, under the present fearful depressed and ig- 
norant condition of the human race, we know very little 
about our future place of existence. We live in darkness 
beyond a few words taken from ancient history which 
tell us very little, what we do know is written in such a 
mysterious way that every person can interpret the words 
to suit their own desires, disputes and contradictions are 
useless. One is as reasonable as the other! 

The only real knowledge that the human race can 
obtain from ancient history is: We can do about as we 
please in this life, death buries the body in the ground, and 
then something happens, what it is, very few have the 
least conception. The general belief being that the soul, 
(and how many knows what comprises the spiritual com- 
position of a soul) — has but four conditions: Hell for all 
eternity; Purgatory for an indefinite period; asleep in the 
grave for thousands of years, and Heaven with pearly 
gates and golden wings. Is this not a mysterious con- 
bination for human beings to swallow when it is ourselves 
that must enter those four states of future life? Is it 
any wonder that the world of religion requires great 
revivals throughout the land to bring human beings 
together to force them to believe such trash and nonsense? 
Is it any wonder that the sins of the people are multiplying 
day after day, — when we have nothing more to live for 
than the four conditions mentioned : Heaven, the greatest 
of the four, has never been described in a manner from 
which human minds could extract much scientific know- 
ledge, so today, after many thousands of years of human 

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life, we as a race of human beings simply look into the 
future with a blank stare, — and the more we look, the 
less we understand. Now, is that logic? Has God, Al- 
mighty created the human race to follow such measily 
conceptions? Has He, the supreme power created life, — 
and created the most wonderful developed force in 
nature — placed us here on earth to stumble through this 
world in blank darkness concerning our future state of 
existence: Emphatically NO! The human race has 
created their own downfall ! They have listened to unwise 
men who started the ball rolling way back in the dark 
ages, and us poor fool mortals keep on kicking the ball, 
and in the end go to the very unnatural grave we prepare 
for ourselves. Will the wisdom of the world never be 
developed as it should have been developed hundreds of 
years in the past? Will humanity continue suffering for 
the sins of their own making? Will humanity never 
wake up to good common sense, — and build the pro- 
gression that has been designed for the uplift of the 
human family? Never will humanity move out of the 
filthy rut of ignorance until bigotry, and skepticism is 
replaced by sound logic, then, and only then will we 
spiritually progress as God devised for us. 

When we all die ,we will enter a world of wonders. A 
world so mysterious that if we enter in ignorance, no 
matter how well we have kept the ten commandments, 
we are not permitted to enter the high spiritual realms, 
no more than a perfect child three years old can enter one 
of our earth's colleges. 

The next world is not a free and easy world, but a com- 
plex, systematical progressive state of progression. Every 
soul, (no distinction being made) must pass through a 
severe soul culture, passing from the first plane they 
enter to the higher degrees, one by one, and not one soul 
can leave the plane in which the soul is forced to enter 

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until the soul can pass a thorough examination before 
a jury of severe judges. Then, — and only then, can a 
soul depart from that plane. 

When a new soul is born in the invisible world, — they 
positively have debts to pay that covers their entire 
life on earth. These debts are composed of everything 
that is not perfect, it makes no difference who the person 
is, or the position — all must abide by this great divine 
law. If a man shouts glory all his life, and committed 
some shameful act even in his mature age, down he goes 
in spirit to pay that debt, for not one single soul can 
enter the presence of another soul who has been purified 
through soul culture. So it is widsom for the reader to 
fully understand that there is no such a thing in existence 
as forgiveness of sins. The spirits Above in goodness 
cannot forgive you because the soul cannot see spirits 
above their own plane, consequently cannot be forgiven. 
That is, unless it happens to be the soul of some man or 
woman whom you cheated, or defrauded back on earth; 
under this circumstance, the lowest spirit must pray for 
forgiveness from the spirit in the higher planes, even 
when forgiven for the sin committed against the soul 
above, the act must be cleansed through soul culture, 
thereby causing the poor deluded suffering spirit to work 
out the debt of wickedness. 

The quicker humanity gets it out of their system that 
heaven is free, the quicker people will save a terrible 
punishment in the invisible world. 

In order to explain the progressive conditions in the 
invisible world which we all must experience, sooner or 
later, I will describe it by illustrating the spirit world as 
a massive college; a building forty nine stories high, 
divided into forty nine degrees of spirit education, 
utilizing the first floor as the lowest form of spiritual 
growth. This floor illustrates the hell the world under- 
lie) 



stands as a state of fearful punishment, which is the 
truth, but fire and brimstone is a myth. The only fire, 
if you wish to class it under that name, is the burning 
distress of shame, and spirit suffering caused by remorse 
for sins, and wickedness on earth. 

We will class the ground floor of this mighty college 
as the hell plane. In this plane, or floor, every spirit who 
enters, — the soul is black, and dirty with earth's vul- 
garity, and they carry no spirit light to brighten their 
own power of existence. If you could open the door to 
this filthy schoolroom, and see and hear the anguish, 
and despair that the spirits are experiencing, no person 
on earth would dare commit one sin against another 
person. This plane is inhabited by mostly victims created 
by the tainted money devil, because the majority sold 
their souls for immoral and selfish purposes. This is the 
school room all must enter who forgets their God, and 
abuses the spiritual senses. Every soul can get out of 
this prison after they work out many of the knots they 
wove in their spirit soul. 

After graduating out of room number one, the spirit 
can enter room number two, In this plane the spirits are 
more cheerful, and the spirit light has grown somewhat 
brighter — but only with sufficient light to grope around 
and faintly see the spirit forms of their companions in 
misery. If by chance, a spirit entered this plane from 
below, they would not even be spiritually prepared to 
live in this uncouth plane. Each soul must reside in 
each plane without shame. In order to accomplish 
this, each school room contains spirits of the same degree 
of wickedness. After extended degrees of culture, spirits 
leave this plane for the one above. 

School room number three, or plane three, is a much 
brighter and happier plane than the plane below; yet, 
the spirits are not contented and happy. They have 

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more liberty to roam from one condition to the other, and 
as nearly all has passed through the lower rooms, they 
are appointed missionaries to assist the poor spirits below, 
thereby performing a true act of charity that helps to 
erase some of the black spots that still remains on the 
soul. This mode of progressing is followed through the 
entire forty nine planes, and cycles. 

As it will require the space of an entire book to only 
partially explain the wonders of the invisible world, I 
am forced to make this writing very concise, but I believe 
I have written sufficient to enlighten the average intel- 
ligent mind, — that something is wrong in the present day 
religious teachings. 

I wish to take this opportunity right here to explain 
to the world of investigating skeptics the actual cause, — 
and reason why so many conflicting messages are received 
from the invisible world at the present time. The main 
reason is because human beings have not developed 
within themselves sufficient spiritual power to personally 
associate with spirits above the first plane, or first school 
room. The law of attraction applies between mortals 
the same as between spirits. A mortal magnet, — who is 
not attuned in the finer elements of the higher planes, 
cannot attract or hold direct association with any plane 
above their own plane. If a medium, would enter the 
first plane at deai'h that medium can only secure bands 
of spirit helpers from that plane: Unfortunately, the 
very largest majority of mediums, or instruments that 
are closely associated with th>e spirit world, have not per- 
sonally developed above the first or second plane, and we 
draw all our messages from the two planes of uneducated 
spirits who are liable to enjoy a certain amount of pleasure 
out of our frail understanding of the true source for 
reliable communication. 

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Spirits from the brighter planes are loath to enter the 
first plane, and mingle with uncouth spirits, and that is 
what they are compelled to do if they personally send a 
message through our many half developed mediums of 
today, and under those conditions very few highly 
developed spirits will condecent to take the fearful ordeal : 
They prefer to trust the message through relays, from 
their own plane through each lower plane until it reaches 
the controlling spirit who personally acts as guide or 
control for the medium present. Thousands of controlling 
spirits are people who were selfish, and deceitful, and they 
oftentimes repeat the messages to suit their own con- 
venience, usually for mercenary purposes to fill the 
pockets of the medium, thereby feathering his, or her 
controlling power over the mortal instrument. This is the 
true state of affairs as it now exists, and a greater change 
will not take place until our mediums are more spiritually 
developed. Communication between the invisible world, 
and this earth, is as true as the sun shines on God's 
green earth, and it is our relatives, and friends who are 
trying to reach us through undeveloped sources. A 
great change is coming in this one particular, and in time, 
the law will be understood, and communication with our 
departed friends will be as common as to meet them and 
converse in this life. Let it be understood that Satan 
and his imps is only a wicked fable. The only invisible 
souls in all the lower planes, all the middle cycles, all the 
realms, and in the heavenly zones are the souls of men, 
women and children from this world. 



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IN CONCLUSION 



We all have but one chance in this life to escape from 
entering the plane called hell. We must live right, and 
think right. What you do not understand, it is your 
duty to investigate and find the TRUTH. If you have 
broken any of the Commandments up to this day, you 
are the sole looser, and must pay the debt in the next 
world. If you begin from this day trying to be good, 
you will enter a new era of progression and your soul 
will rejoice for what you accomplish, your past will go 
with you to soul culture, and that one debt you must pay. 

You can overcome some black scars by seeking the 
person whom you wTonged and ask forgiveness. The 
more you accomplish, the less will be the debts to pay 
in the school room of spirit progression. This is the only 
possible way to eliminate some of the sins of the people, 
and the person is WISE who follows this advise. 

THE END. 



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